The following post is an excerpt from Championship Tennis (Available at Human Kinetics , Amazon,etc.). Thanks for visiting, Frank Giampaolo
Playing Styles
Once players are fully attuned to their personality, body type, and athletic foundation,
they can more effectively adapt their playing style. Having an innate stylistic preference
leads to numerous advantages. The advantages include the following:
• The knowledge to hire coaches and trainers who possess personalities best suited
to accelerate his/her learning curve;
• The confidence that comes with knowing exactly how she/he performs best;
• The ability to lure opponents out of their preferred style and force them to play
out of their comfort zones;
• The ability to impose his/her best style, strategies, and tactics on the most important points;
• The improved ability to reach his.her goal of mastering a minimum of three playing
styles—called A, B, and C game plans—which adds depth and variation to the
player’s game; and
• The opportunity to select a stylistically complementary doubles partner to help form a winning
team.
Though there are subtle variations, six basic playing styles are seen in tennis:
- Net Rusher
- All-Court Player
- Baseline Counter-Puncher Player
- Aggressive Baseliner Player
- Retriever Player
- Finesse Player
Do you know what your preferred playing style?
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