DOUBLES DOMINATION: THE BEST OF THE BEST TIPS, TACTICS AND STRATEGIES

by Bob Allcorn

Overview

SAVE OVER 1,200 HOURS AND $100,000 IN DOUBLES STRATEGY LESSONS - BECAUSE ALL OF THE BEST TIPS, TACTICS, STRATEGIES AND SET PLAYS ARE RIGHT HERE - CONDENSED IN ONE BOOK FOR $14.95! NO WAR STORIES, NO STROKE CHANGES - NO DIAGRAMS - JUST THE BEST TACTICS AND STRAGIES LEARNED OVER A THOUSAND HOURS OF LESSONS FROM THE BEST PROS IN THE WORLD - INCLUDING THE BRYAN BROTHERS, MARTINA NAVRATILOVA, GIGI FERNANDEZ, NICK BOLLETIERI AND OVER 100 DIFFERENT PROS SPECIALIZING IN DOUBLES - ALL COORDINATED WITH THE ITF RULES AND THE USTA CODE OF CONDUCT TO GIVE YOU THE POWER TO KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE FOR THE SITUATIONS MOST OFTEN ENCOUNTERED IN DOUBLES PLAY. AS ONE ELITE PRO HAS SAID, "This book is jam-packed with literally hundreds of teaching points. . . . It should open the eyes of serious players. If the average club player could integrate just a couple of these points into their game, there would be immediate improvement."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781098323929
Publisher:	BookBaby
Publication date:	11/25/2020
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

BOB ALLCORN, A RETIRED EXPERT COMMERCIAL LITIGATION ATTORNEY, WAS REQUESTED BY THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST LEGAL BOOK PUBLISHING COMPANY TO WRITE A BOOK ON LITIGATION STRATEGY. AFTER TWO YEARS OF RESEARCH AND WRITING, HE COMPLETED AN 800+ PAGE TREATISE IN 2000. HE HAS HAD A PASSION FOR TENNIS, ESPECIALLY DOUBLES, AND HAS TRAVELED WITH HIS WIFE ALL OVER THE WORLD TAKING DOUBLES LESSONS - PARTICULARLY RELATED TO DOUBLES TACTICS AND STRATEGY. HE HAS READ JUST ABOUT EVERY BOOK WRITTEN ON TENNIS, GOING BACK TO 1929, AND HAS WATCHED INNUMERABLE VIDEOS, WEBCASTS, ON-LINE TEACHERS, ETC. AND HAS DISTILLED THE BEST TIPS AND TACTICS FROM ALL OF THOSE INTO ONE BOOK

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

What You Need to Win xii

Must Haves xii

Very, Very Good to Have (but not essential) xiii

Bonus Points to Have xiv

General Tips 1

The Goal 3

Test and Exploit 4

The "Warm-Up" 5

Watch The Ball? (Not Necessarily/Not Always) 7

Ball Placement 8

Use Your Left Hand 9

Move Diagonally 11

Bend those Knees (Not your Back) 12

Move After Hitting the Ball 12

Playing against the Lobber 13

Take the Ball Out of the Air 14

Cover the Middle 16

Deep vs. Short 17

"Easy" Shots 18

Communication with Your Partner 19

Attitude (Inner and Outer) 20

USTA Rules and the Code 24

Get the Ball over the Net 26

A Note on Stretching 27

Game-Time Rx 28

General Tips 28

Serve Problems 28

Volley Problems 28

Ground Strokes 29

Overhead 29

Attitude 29

Positions 31

The Server 33

General Principles 33

Control 33

Consistency 33

Develop and Use a Ritual 34

Speed vs. Depth vs. Spin vs. Location 34

Vary the Serve 34

Underhand Serve 35

Targets 35

The Australian Formation 37

Fixes 39

The Returner 40

Starting Position 41

Mix up Your Starting Positions 41

Cutting off the Ball 42

Return Targets and types of Returns 42

Pressure Tactic - Squeezing 46

Tactic: Moving during the Toss 46

Tactic: Changing Positions 47

Tactic: "Creeping" 47

Tactic: Switching 47

The Server's Partner 48

The Returner's Partner 51

Shots 57

The Lob 59

The Volley 61

Targets 63

The "Serve and Volley" 66

The Half-Volley 69

The Overhead 71

Elements 71

Tactics 72

Follow-Up Tactic 73

Approach Shots 74

The Poach & the Fake Poach 76

Practicing 81

Practice Tip 82

The "RDC" Volley Drill 83

The "Kamikaze" Drill 83

Serves 84

Drop Shots 84

Smooth Your Strokes 85

Practice Games 86

Improvement and Plateaus 86

Visualization 87

Practicing While Injured 87

Best Tip 88

Conclusion 89

Game-Time Rx 91

General Tips 91

Serve Problems 91

Volley Problems 91

Ground Strokes 92

Overhead 92

Attitude 92

The Author 93

Acknowledgments 95