Here is an interesting doubles match. Ben Johns and AL Waters v. McGuffin and Momma Waters.
There are a couple of things that struck me as worthy of note.
1) Watch Ben's shoulder action when he is serving. This is not an arm swing, but a 90 degree shoulder rotation. He's getting a lot of speed and top spin with it.
2) There are a lot of unforced errors in the match. The first game seemed to have more than the other games. But not a lot of put aways; netted balls and long shots were rife. Errors were made on very common shots. If you doubt your game watch this and you'll feel that you're not that bad.
3) There is a huge advantage to volleying the ball. If you watch closely the tempo of a point changes the minute the ball can't be volleyed. So volley when you can and try to make sure the opponents can't -- hit at the feet, a slower ball that must bounce are the usual tricks.
4) Anna Leigh is getting into the middle of court aggressively even before her side (servers) is up at the net. She is ready to block and volley from there and it's more of that "in your face" style that she plays constantly. Considering it's mixed doubles, is rare that the girl crowds the middle as she does. When everyone is at the net, then she cedes most of the court to Ben, but before he's there, she's there.
5) When it's a cross court dink battle, note asymmetry of setup. Frequently both players on one side would be squeezed into half the court. There is no middle gap on any dink battle. It looks doable to leave almost a full half court open on your dominate side, well, it seems workable for McGuffin, who does it a lot.
This is a pretty entertaining match. I don't watch too many of them anymore as they get pretty repetitive after a while. But this one held my attention.
Remember to keep a finger on the the right arrow button as that will advance the feed by 5 seconds (on my browser) so you can skip all the movement to get ready for the next point.
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