Tennis Tactics - 3 Ways To Win More Singles Matches

Tennis Tactics - 3 Ways To Win More Singles Matches.
Winning singles matches in tennis comes down to knowing how to defeat different game styles. However, these three tactics will work against all game styles if you execute the play well.
In this video, Top Tennis Training coach Simon Konov will share three tactics and strategy's with you to help you win more singles matches in tennis.

Tactic One
Being more consistent than your opponent. It may sound very obvious but it's the most overlooked strategy in tennis. Too often, players focus on hitting winners, going for big serves and play low percentage tennis which results in them defeating themselves.
By simply keeping the ball in play and waiting for your opponent to break down, you can win many matches in tennis, at all levels.

Tactic Two
Finding your opponents weakness. Ninety percent of all tennis players around the world have a stronger forehand and a weaker backhand. Being able to exploit your opponent's weaknesses will help you win more points and if you use this strategy on big points such as deuce points or break points, then you can win more of them and this will help you win the match.

Tactic Three
Finishing off points at the net. Think about how often you get shorter balls in matches, ball that land close to or inside the service boxes. If you don't approach off these balls, your opponent will relax and think "It doesn't matter if I hit short as this player doesn't punish me for it"
This, in turn, can actually make them play better as they'll relax.
On the flip side of that, if you attack the net, even if you lose the point, you're making your opponent to hit deeper and this could force them into breaking down more often.

[KRN]

1. Be more consistent, find the opponent's Consistency Limit
2. Find their weakness, what shots do they struggle with
3. Approach the net on short balls, use the approach shot as a "setup" shot

[regularmouse]

90% of kids (and adults) don’t understand that if you just get the ball back with medium pace and medium depth over and over again you can win almost every casual match

[sylvanmw]

Yesss thank you I have a tournament this weekend perfect video

[willkittwk]

Great . It's always good to be reminded of the basics. Most players are creatures of habit. I notice most pros try to out rally Fed and Rafa. It rarely works. Unless your Fed on a good day or Djokovic when he's focused it's hard to out rally Rafa. I look back to the French when Robin Soldering upset Rafa it was cause he kept constant pressure w deep shots and coming forward. Then Dustin Brown upset Rafa at Wimbledon by never hitting same shot twice and smacking winners on serve, volleys hard groundstrokes and dinks and swating Rafa's second serves for winners. That unpredictability was the blueprint for giving Rafa trouble as he had no idea what was coming next . It's really cool to see how tactics can work on anybody.

[earlhaywood]

Where wisdom, patience, and common sense prevail, there's Simon, demonstrating his victory dance and all one has to do is just follow the steps, no music is needed . Thank you sir .

[Steventhorn]

This is the best advice for any level. I used these tactics and was able to qualify and win the Barcelona clay championships. Keep it simple, this is also ur key to victory.

[xavigisbert]

Great video! It would be fantastic to see more strategy videos focusing on how to play different styles of opponents like pushers, net rushers and big servers, consistent baseliners, moonballers etc

[KRN]

I need to watch this every week, great advice

[daperamids]

" Don't feel like you are a hero and go for a backhand drive" I love this line Simon..Even if i have a far better slice backhand than my topspin drive backhand, sometimes i am tempted to do that because i feel like i am federer when i excuted it properly..Lol...😄

[edcreaden]

First, I just want to say it's always inspiring to watch the way you strike the ball and move into position to hit the ball. When it comes to outlasting the opponent with consistency, I guess that seems a bit like pushing and waiting for them to make a mistake. My instincts tend to be more aggressive than that, which is probably why I lose more matches than I win!

[marcosbonaldi]

great tips coach! the obvious is the pretty harder sometimes, I will use these tactics from now on. It's common to forget the simple and lose lots of matches because of that. Thanks!

[PikaRolls]

Got a lot of matches upcoming.
And this has already helped a lot during this week.

But I struggle to hit my serve like a forehand. The racket just can't get behind my back when I serve.

Got any tips for that?

[ravichotalia]

Amazing video thank you so much! I definitely need to practise my volleys, have been trying to approach and get in at the net but it's very disheartening when u miss the easy volley! But you've given me hope!

[kuzeyaktunc]

Thanks for the video my friend suggested you I am soo happy to see this video this video helped me allot

[purveyoroffinefoodslaszlo]

Nasty backhand slice approach shot, it hung up a bit high for him, but tremendous action on that ball.

[aashishah]

Great video!! I just have one question, if we finish the point by coming up to the net to volley, what should we do if they lob it over our head?

[danielzhang]

I have never seen Simon smile ever, out of all the videos I have seen.

[shaunacole]

Brilliant!!! Thanks for the advice especially on the third tactic as I am more of a baseline player

[missvai]

Excellent. Really. The first strategy for players of my level works very well. You nailed it: in a match, no reason to play hero. I just go with the strokes I do best. Might be a bit boring but if it’s an « official match » well...the purpose is to win right so no need for beautiful shots. I realise that most players don’t like it at all at my level once they have to hit the ball more than 4 or maybe 5 times in a row. They will try to go for a winner even if there is no reason at all to go for it.

Strategy 2 and especially 3 are great once you feel more confident. The great advantage of 2 and 3 is that you can save more energy.

It’s probably the only downside of the first strategy imo: the match can be rather long and you better have a good level of fitness with that one. I had a match against a guy and both of us were using that strategy. It was super long and I ended up losing only because my level of fitness was not as good as his. I was not confident enough to attack more by then.

But yeah, you really made a great summary. Combining them all should work very well!

[jorgedavidtasconhernandez]

Excelent video Simon, its very important to know the weakness of your oponent... i use this tactics in my matches