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A New Way To Look at Strategy 
To understand on-court control dramas, take a minute and think of a tennis match as a control contest. Each player is attempting to pull their opponent into their style of play to gain command of the match.
Three Control Dramas Seen in High-Level Tennis:
- The Power Contest
- The Speed Contest
- The Patience Contest
To simplify the process, the goal of competition is to choose the contest your athlete performs best. Then formulate a plan to PULL their opponent out of their own world and into your athlete’s world.
