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| Novak Djokovic, US Open 2011 Championship. |
Well
you wouldn't want to make a random choice of playing style; the style of play
you use should be determined by your balance of strengths.
So you need to do a little bit of self-evaluation. What aspects of your game work well at the moment? What do you hurt your opponents with? What would your opponents say your strengths were if they were scouting you?
If you're comfortable at the baseline and you win your points by persisting away patiently and with good footwork and consistent groundstrokes, you're going to be best suited to a counterpuncher (or defensive baseliner) style of play.
So you need to do a little bit of self-evaluation. What aspects of your game work well at the moment? What do you hurt your opponents with? What would your opponents say your strengths were if they were scouting you?
If you're comfortable at the baseline and you win your points by persisting away patiently and with good footwork and consistent groundstrokes, you're going to be best suited to a counterpuncher (or defensive baseliner) style of play.
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If you get most of your success forcing errors and short balls out of your opponents with your big groundstrokes, you're best suited to being an aggressive baseliner.
If your instincts carry you into the net where you're successful finishing points off early with volleys and overheads, you should obviously develop the serve-and-volley style of play.
If, however, your strengths are well spread and you're equally successful hitting groundstrokes from the baseline and volleying at the net after certain serves/returns/short balls, you should continue to develop into an all-court player.
Work out what you already do well and develop those strengths into a style of play.
If you get most of your success forcing errors and short balls out of your opponents with your big groundstrokes, you're best suited to being an aggressive baseliner.
If your instincts carry you into the net where you're successful finishing points off early with volleys and overheads, you should obviously develop the serve-and-volley style of play.
If, however, your strengths are well spread and you're equally successful hitting groundstrokes from the baseline and volleying at the net after certain serves/returns/short balls, you should continue to develop into an all-court player.
Work out what you already do well and develop those strengths into a style of play.
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