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• Did I make mistakes against him last time? What kind and why?
• Try and hit your initial groundstrokes deep, just inside the baseline. In fact, if the ball is a little long, great. Aim for just inside the baseline. Try to hit your first six or seven shots with plenty of depth. Don’t let a ball fall short.
• hit four serves to both courts, both wide and down the center. Most club players tend to hit just to the deuce court. I want you to hit to both courts for this reason. The service warm-up is aimed primarily at setting up a good comfortable motion for yourself early in the match so you don’t needlessly double-fault. Hit your initial serves with an e...
• When your opponent is hitting serves during the warm-up, don’t catch them, hit them back. Practice hitting their serve with a good service return. I believe it can be one of your most important weapons and it is seldom worked on. Work on it.
• Gilbert Golden Rule: The strokes that are prettiest in the warm-up are the ugliest under pressure.