Top 10 Doubles Strategies

Here are my “Top 10 Doubles Strategies” to help you win more doubles matches:
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1. Be sure to position yourself in the correct place on the court before the point starts.
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2. Hit the ball to the opponent who’s standing where you’re standing.
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3. When at the net, move like the ball is a magnet.
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4. When at the net and the ball is behind you, be sure to look at the opposing net player since they’ll be the first opponent who can hit the ball at you.
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5. Move left and right with your partner to help cover 100% of the court 100% of the time.
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6. When you successfully lob your opponent be sure to quickly move to the service line as a team.
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7. When you are lobbed and need to switch be sure to move back diagonally into no-mans land or the baseline.
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8. One up one back is the worst way to play, both back is the second best, and both up is the best way to play.
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9. Predict where you opponent will hit the ball by noticing which side of their they’re hitting on. When player hit on their right side they tend to pull the ball to the left...and when hitting on their left side they tend to pull the ball to the right. It makes no difference whether they’re right or left handed.
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10. Quickly talk with your partner in between points to talk aiming and positioning strategies.
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[seth]

Top 10 Doubles Strategy Tips Time Stamped:
Tip 1. 0:26
Tip 2. 2:32
Tip 3. 3:46
Tip 4. 7:54
Tip 5. 10:09
Tip 6. 12:37
Tip 7. 16:32
Tip 8. 19:28
Tip 9. 22:52
Tip 10. 27:02

[Asthfghl]

I've just applied most of these with my doubles partner for the last two weekends, and now we've been crushing our regular opposition, against whom we used to struggle until now. Your tips have been more than invaluable, they've completely transformed our game!

[thomasmedeiros]

Been coaching High School tennis for 25 years. I always make comparisons to other sports like baseball, hockey etc. These players understand zone defense and the concept of following the ball. Also my basketball and hockey players want to go to the net. They are drilled in how to close in and double team the defense. They understand how to move to cut off the ball/ puck. Serving is like pitching baseball. You got to move the ball and know the weakness of batter and throw the pitch that they don’t like. It is much easier to coach players with this type of experience. I loved coaching tennis to hockey players. They laughed when they got hit at the net and you better not cheat them on a line call !

[rumingjiang]

The single most valuable video for amateur double players, period.

[patszx]

Wow !!! Out of all the dubs content on YT I have seen (and I have watched a ton lol). This is probably one of the best comprehensive doubles explanation of court movement and tips in one video. Thanks for putting it together. Love your doubles content 👍

[willkeyes]

People should give you a thumbs up just based on the easy to follow diagram. Best instructor on YouTube hands down! Learned so much! Thank you!

[webtennis]

It’s like a book of doubles summarized in a 27-minute video. Excellent job explaining the main strategies of doubles play! 👍👍

[satishjha]

I cannot over-emphasize this: you present complex ideas easily and crisply; whereas nothing is ever easy/complex: implementing it almost always is. You are a great coach and you have certainly helped many of us improve our play. Way to go and keep going!!!

[pierredaher]

Amazing teaching, simple smart effective efficient intelligent just perfect, thank you very much.

[lloydgame]

Wow, having played doubles for the last 3 years I was always aware that I didn't know my job. I would always ask for advice on where to stand, what to do, however, all of my questions have been answered in your 25min post. I now understand where to stand, why I am doing this and what to do. Thank you so much for these strategies. They have had an immediate impact. All I have to do now is work on my volleys, overheads and serve. Thanks again.

[djhoffmanjdcpa]

I took up tennis at 45 you, played a lot and took a lot of lessons and read a lot of books for 10 years, and then got away from the game for 10 years, gained a lot of weight, and got slow. I've taken off 60 pound(still have 80 to go) and now for the last 3 months, I've been trying to get competitive again. I really stink. So I'm watching a lot of videos to catch back up. I think I learned more about doubles strategy from this one video than any I've seen lesson I've taken or book I've read so far. I really like 2 minute tennis. But I really, really like this video. Thanks. Keep up the good work. One thing I would add. Instead of windshield wipers, I was taught to pretend there is a rope that attaches you to your partner and keep that distance consistent as your partner is moved around the court.

[nancychase]

This is the best, comprehensive doubles strategy video I've ever watched. It has been incredibly helpful and I've watched it over and over again. Thank You!

[alangoudie]

Excellent, very helpful advice. Thank you.
I have subscribed & look forward to receiving more videos.

[hanneshohberger]

Dear Ryan, thank you so much for this double strategy lesson! This is absolutely amazing and an enlightenment for me! I strongly recommend this video for every new oder amateur double player. I have been playing tennis now for over two years and also been playing doubles from the beginning. But no one told me, what to do or how to play doubles correctly. After two years of losing all the time and not knowing what to do about it, I started getting frustrated about doubles. Then I found your strategy video... I watched it three times this week, making notices to memorize it. It was awesome to me, because it is all so simple and logical. Then yesterday I met with my friends to play and what should I say: I won both sets 6:3 and 7:6, only with just halve of the tipps! I actually have no paypal-account to donate, but will create one just for this reason! Greetings and all the best from Germany!!!

[maggieotton]

What a great video. Gave to my doubles partner. Nice and succinct video . Only 2 minutes and gets right to the point and covers a lot of great tips.

[al-vm]

I love that "the ball is a magnet" comparison, so intuitive.

[timothyforsyth]

This was so helpful; I am immediately seeing improvement in my doubles matches.

Can I suggest a doubles strategy video where you go over doubles service placement—various spots in the box—and what the percentage returns are and what the net player should be looking for depending on where the serve goes?

[Shaunsweeney-Kubach]

I usually play doubles with the seniors, and their serves are so slow you can time it with a sundial! I actually bring my level down so that I can have fun playing the points out! But any time I am serving I can get easy points off missed return of serves. I love playing tennis with the seniors, they are so nice, and they like the way I play doubles. I know that we can’t cover everything so I give them the alleys and cover the middle. But there are so much to learn about the game of tennis. Great job on the video Coach Ryan. Thank you

[TikiCat]

Ryan, you are a Master teacher & trainer! These are exactly the tips I have been needing and asking for!

[JiraiyaSama]

Pretty solid tips. I'd only amend the tip about court coverage, as some might take it too literally and put themselves out of position in a sense. Essentially, you want to cover the big targets and shrink the open targets available, and make them have to hit too good a shot to win. Essentially you want them to go for high risk shots and take away safe options.