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Assess your opponent’s strengths and weaknesses during warm up to determine your approach. Are they slow or fast? how strong are their groundstrokes and which stroke is stronger? Develop your approach, implement, then reassess after 4 games if your strategy is not effective. If you feel nervous, try laughing, sprinting to net, and or taking three deep breaths - 5 seconds inhaling and 10 seconds exhaling. Within an hour after your match, record what you learned - what worked, what didn’t and what you want to work on.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/673e36823178d46fd3a9d235/1733522064617-TS1OWVLCCG5JO2F0IHHZ/unsplash-image-btr4w-vpsVo.jpg Singles v Doubles - Doubles 1. Doubles isn’t about hitting winners but hitting angles and outplaying the other team; 2. Set your partner up for success, communicate during and in-between points; 3. Doubles is a cross court game, focus on consistency; 4. Backup your partner and be ready for every ball, even if it goes to your partner; 5. 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 Eye formation: The server and their partner stand close to the center of the court. One up and one back: Players are positioned one up and one back. 

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