Doubles Starting Position For Server In Tennis

With this lesson, I want to discuss the starting position of the server, his job responsibilities and what he needs to be focused on and watching for as the point starts and progresses. The server in Starting Position doubles should serve from a wider position versus singles. I prefer to see you stand a bit wider than midway between the center mark and the doubles line. As soon as you serve, your responsibility would be to cover your share of the court and by starting here it should place you in position to do that with little recovery movement. Remember, it will always be safer to hit the ball back to where it originated from than change the direction of the ball. Therefore, the more you serve wide the more you need to consider covering the wide angle return. You should have two things planned prior to a serve; where you are planning to target your serve and where you are planning to go after you hit your serve. When deciding your serve target, I break the service box into three sections; A, B and C. A will stand for the section nearest to the Alley, B will stand for the middle section for your serve to the Body, and C will be the section nearest the Center.

When serving on the "deuce side" or the right side, your main target needs to be the "C" part of the court. You're going to be serving to your opponents backhand (for the right handed Starting Position opponent) and cutting down the angles of return which will enable your partner to move out into the court and take more balls. The second best serve is usually to the "B" section, trying to jam the returner. Again it minimizes the angles and doesn't allow the returner to get their arms spread out to make the shot. The last choice should be the "A" section. When serving here you're serving right into a right handed players forehand (ordinarily a strength), opening up your partners line for a passing shot and as we spoke of earlier, it really is easier to return the ball to where it originated from therefore it opens up the cross court return to boot. It's vital however to utilize all the different serves Starting Position so as to keep your opponent off balance, but tend toward the greater percentage ones. Things change a bit on the "ad" court or the left side. Your number one target needs to be the "B" section or the serve to the body. This prevents your opponent from extending his/her arms as well as lessening the return angles. The next best target would be the "C" section.

While it's to your right handed opponent's forehand, it keeps the angles of the returns down by keeping the ball toward the center of the court plus puts your partner in a stronger position to poach and take more balls. Again the third option is usually wide for the "A" section which exposes your partner's alley and in addition exposes the angled return cross court. We'll discuss the X Factors in a different lesson which will take into consideration the other players Starting Position strengths and weaknesses when some of these targets may change. When you're walking in to a match not being aware of your opposition, it is good to begin with percentage tennis strategy as discussed above and adjust your game when you take in further information.

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