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Visualize yourself winning.
Have a thick skin. Don't just hide emotional reaction, don't feel it if you are being beaten up. Thick skin means happier play/practices/lose fewer partners that way.
Bring four frames and don't be afraid to change frames if not playing well until you find the best one.
Hunt and peck on serve for a weak return off your serves. Have variety.
Hit some slow balls, fast balls, slice, high kickers, short high balls, drop shots, diagonal deep/short balls sequences. Be able to hit sequences and draw on them automatically. Learn Wardlaw directionals. Big hitters hate no pace shots that bounce low and don't lay up. Pushers hate to be net rushed/attacked with all court styles. Grinders hate guys who can over power them. Super fit guys hate guys who can end points fast. Consistent returners hate guys who can get easy points on serve. Big servers hate guys who can return anything all day long.
Returns have to be in. First serves have to be in. If you return better and serve better than he is, you will almost always win. It's a first strike game.
Change your return grip to adjust to their serve that's been beating you. Higher hand for high balls on wait position. Wider stance for wide balls beating you. Move 18" over to one side beating you. Move in or back to see if that affects server's rhythm. See if attacking net works off return.
Try some high shots to their back hand in rallies and serves.
If you have a kick or twist serve, hit it to ad side short porch.
Try some low short slices.
Look for a weakness by hitting lots of variety.
Once you find the weakness keep at it.
Be able to psychologically hunt/peck.
Disguise your shots.
Change return position.
Change your serve, such as kick serve to forehand if they are handling the back hand kick.
Serve and volley.
Clear the net by two feet until you go for a winner, then go closer to the net.
Believe you can come back.
Speed up your unit turns and footwork.
Grind out three foot net clearance off ground and let them beat themselves.
Attack if they are showing no weaknesses. Shorten points by going into net.
Play two feet inside the baseline and force them to hit deep, then back up.
Show no frustration about losing points/games/sets.
Sneak attack into net after hitting loopers to their back hands.
Look for lobs to hit oh off of.
Look to see which grip they are using. Old school continental is vulnerable to high balls to fh. Modern grips full western are vulnerable to short low slices fh.
Big guys don't like body serves. Big guys don't like to move much. Quick guys don't like to be hit or drop shotted behind the angled short porch set up.
Project thoughts towards opponent: "I am going to win, and you are going to lose. You are going to get tight. You are going to start making more ue." Fake it til you make it. Smile during return set up ritual. Smile just before serving. Use psych if you have to.
If they are beating your bh with twist serves, change/close off your grip and expect to see the shot coming, and move into serve line closer so the ball can't get up as high after bounce. Run around and hit your fh. Make net rushers hit over heads off their back hand sides. Make them hit volleys no matter what. Sometimes good players miss the easiest shots imaginable, as they never practice against them and never see them in matches.
Lose some weight. While you can't lose much physical weight, the weight of losing is open mentally. That's why so many matches are tight in the first set and not in the second. Confidence increases/energy relaxes for the player winning. Relaxation and confidence are often score card related. Play to improve, and free yourself of that dynamic. Ignore the score and play to relax under pressure, and speed up under pressure.
Have a thick skin. Don't just hide emotional reaction, don't feel it if you are being beaten up. Thick skin means happier play/practices/lose fewer partners that way.
Bring four frames and don't be afraid to change frames if not playing well until you find the best one.
Hunt and peck on serve for a weak return off your serves. Have variety.
Hit some slow balls, fast balls, slice, high kickers, short high balls, drop shots, diagonal deep/short balls sequences. Be able to hit sequences and draw on them automatically. Learn Wardlaw directionals. Big hitters hate no pace shots that bounce low and don't lay up. Pushers hate to be net rushed/attacked with all court styles. Grinders hate guys who can over power them. Super fit guys hate guys who can end points fast. Consistent returners hate guys who can get easy points on serve. Big servers hate guys who can return anything all day long.
Returns have to be in. First serves have to be in. If you return better and serve better than he is, you will almost always win. It's a first strike game.
Change your return grip to adjust to their serve that's been beating you. Higher hand for high balls on wait position. Wider stance for wide balls beating you. Move 18" over to one side beating you. Move in or back to see if that affects server's rhythm. See if attacking net works off return.
Try some high shots to their back hand in rallies and serves.
If you have a kick or twist serve, hit it to ad side short porch.
Try some low short slices.
Look for a weakness by hitting lots of variety.
Once you find the weakness keep at it.
Be able to psychologically hunt/peck.
Disguise your shots.
Change return position.
Change your serve, such as kick serve to forehand if they are handling the back hand kick.
Serve and volley.
Clear the net by two feet until you go for a winner, then go closer to the net.
Believe you can come back.
Speed up your unit turns and footwork.
Grind out three foot net clearance off ground and let them beat themselves.
Attack if they are showing no weaknesses. Shorten points by going into net.
Play two feet inside the baseline and force them to hit deep, then back up.
Show no frustration about losing points/games/sets.
Sneak attack into net after hitting loopers to their back hands.
Look for lobs to hit oh off of.
Look to see which grip they are using. Old school continental is vulnerable to high balls to fh. Modern grips full western are vulnerable to short low slices fh.
Big guys don't like body serves. Big guys don't like to move much. Quick guys don't like to be hit or drop shotted behind the angled short porch set up.
Project thoughts towards opponent: "I am going to win, and you are going to lose. You are going to get tight. You are going to start making more ue." Fake it til you make it. Smile during return set up ritual. Smile just before serving. Use psych if you have to.
If they are beating your bh with twist serves, change/close off your grip and expect to see the shot coming, and move into serve line closer so the ball can't get up as high after bounce. Run around and hit your fh. Make net rushers hit over heads off their back hand sides. Make them hit volleys no matter what. Sometimes good players miss the easiest shots imaginable, as they never practice against them and never see them in matches.
Lose some weight. While you can't lose much physical weight, the weight of losing is open mentally. That's why so many matches are tight in the first set and not in the second. Confidence increases/energy relaxes for the player winning. Relaxation and confidence are often score card related. Play to improve, and free yourself of that dynamic. Ignore the score and play to relax under pressure, and speed up under pressure.
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