Tactical Assessment

Where should you start serving to in your first service game?

At the body

Out wide

Down the T

As long as it's in, it doesn't matter.

What's the most effective return on 1st serves?

To the backhand

High and Deep to the Middle

Hard middle

To their weakness

If you hit a volley deep to the baseline, where should you recover to?

It depends.

To the middle

In the middle but to the side of the court you hit the volley to.

Back towards the service line.

If you are balanced or in control of the rally, where should you primarily hit a shorter ball to?

Hard to their weakness

To their backhand

Cross-court angle

Down the line

If you are playing a serve and volleyer, how and where should you hit most of your returns at the beginning of the match?

What's the most common rally pattern?

If your opponent changes the rally pattern by going down the line, and the ball they hit is closer to the sideline than the middle, where should you hit your shot to regain control of the rally?

Short Angle Crosscourt

High and Deep Crosscourt

Back down the line

High and Deep in the Middle

Which of the following are tactically smart to play when you get a forehand short and in the middle of the court while you are standing on the AD side? Check all that apply.

If you preferred rally pattern is forehands cross, but your opponent has you pinned to the backhand corner with their inside out forehand, what can you do to get them to switch to your rally pattern? Check all that apply.

Hit your backhand crosscourt closer to the sideline and then move to hit an inside in forehand on the next ball

Hit your backhand down the line closer to the sideline with height and dept

Hit a slice backhand down the line

Hit a moonball in the middle of the court deep to the baseline

What's the best way to stop a player from moonballing you?

Start moving forward and hit swinging volleys

Start moving forward and hitting overheads

Hit better moonballs than them

Back up and hit regular groundstrokes hard back to them