I had the pleasure of rejoining forces with my old doubles partner from years ago, when we were a force to be reckoned with. This night we certainly weren’t and fortunately I filmed the match and put it up on YouTube for my partner and I to review and discuss. That’s us in the black with me serving to start the match. Ain’t proud. Didn’t play well…..but to our opponents credit, they pulled off some great shots from time to time, balls we didn’t expect to come back!
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Here’s my partner’s reaction:
“Good data and visuals for us. Poor execution for too many of the games. Much to do!
I’ve watched it a couple of times already and can see we better get busy. Too many misses. Poor court position. Volleys not ending the point, but resulting in lost points. Half volleys certainly need work – resulting in too many lost points. My serve needs to be hit higher and out front so I’m moving into the court; not backwards (yikes!!). Service returns points lost too frequently and poached too frequently and simply hit out of court too frequently.
And, there’s more to be analyzed so we can beat these guys when we play them again in 3 or 4 weeks.”
I love having a doubles partner who’s willing to look at and improve our game, and I think we’ll take these guys next time!!
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