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Essential Tennis, What can you do about an opponent who hits passing shots over and over? (Part 2)

What can you do about an opponent who hits passing shots over and over? (Part 2)

Now this is not an ironclad law and you don't always have to approach down the line. Sometimes down the middle can be successful. Sometimes even cross court can be successful. But in general, I would go down the list in that order of success. Possible success. Down the line down the middle cross court. Cross court–unless you hit a really good shot–is going to really open up a lot of court for your opponent to pass you.

This is kind of difficult to describe with words via audio. I'm actually getting ready to put up a video at essentialtennis.com/video that really demonstrates this. When you really see the court it's easy to kind of understand this. But I'm just kind of leave it that for now and just make you aware and make sure that you're aware Dropshot and the rest of my listeners that down the line is usually the way to go in singles when you're approaching the net. So when it comes to quality of shot those are the two important criteria: deep and down the line. Now, once you've hit your deep down the line approach shot and you're pressuring your opponent with this shot, make sure that you position yourself on the side of the court that you hit the ball. And so if you hit a forehand approach shot on the do side, it was a short forehand you were over on the right side of the court if you're right handed. And you direct that deep down the line right in front of you to the right. From your prospective. You want to position yourself a little bit to the right of the central line, and this because it's going to be much easier for your opponent as around the run to get to your approach. It's going to be much easier for them to hit the ball straight than it is to catch the ball early and hit a big angle. Now you describe your opponent here being able to hit these big sharp angles. And we're going to talk just a little bit later about what to do about that. But you should be usually covering down the line first and positioning yourself in front of wherever you hit your approach shot.

So if your approach to the left, you should be a little bit on the left side of the court. If you approach to the right, you should be a little bit to the right side of the court. This is called ‘ shading. ‘ And basically the rule of thumb is that you should be following the ball. What ever direction you hit your approach shot to, that's should direction you should be moving as you position yourself. Alright, so that's my #1 piece of advise for you Dropshot, is to come forward on a quality shot and position yourself correctly. If you do those two things then the amount of times that you get past should drop quite a bit. I'd be willing to bet that a lot of these passing shots that are being hit on you are the result of not challenging your opponent very much, and not putting yourself on the right spot. Now I have three other pieces of advise here for you. First of all, make sure that when they do hit a good passing shot, you're stepping across your body for the most amount of reach. Like a launch that you suggested earlier in your question.

So if you're right handed and you are stretching out to your right to try to get a ball that has been hit well and you're going to have a hard time reaching it, you should be stepping with your left foot. This is very important. If it's a backhand and you're moving to your left, you should be stepping across with your right foot. This is going to give you the most amount of reach as you step across your body and into a lunge type position like you were talking about.

So make sure that you were doing that and you're not stepping with your out side foot. Your right foot for a forehand and your left foot for a backhand. That's going to limit your amount of reach quite a bit. Secondly, pay close attention to the tendencies of your opponents and anticipate. Just about everybody you play is going to have a preference. When you hit to their forehand side they are going to usually like a certain type of passing, whether be down the line or cross courts or hard and flat or top spin or maybe they like to lob. When you hit to their forehand or backhand, they will have tendencies as far as what they like to try it first. They are going to have probably a favorite shot or maybe two favorite shots that they like to try to hit when you do come forward to the net. It's your job to pay attention to these. And Dropshot you should not get beaten by the same shot again and again and again. If you approach on a quality approach shot and you position yourself correctly and you get beat cross court with a sharp high quality angle, you need to put that in your mental log book. If you do it again: approach to the same spot again with the quality of approach and you position yourself correctly and they pass you again with the same shot, OK. At this point after they've done it a hand full of times successfully. At that point you need to start altering your strategy and either approaching to a different place or approach to the same place and anticipating where they are going to go. And you need to change your position on the court accordingly. Do not continue to do the same thing and get beat by the same shot again and again.

And this obviously sounds really fundamental and it sounds very obvious. I guess you'll have to point this out. But this is where matches are win and lost and the patterns of good shots being hit, and one player or the other not making any adjustments. So make sure that you're paying close attention to your opponent. You're watching their tendencies. And then start to anticipate them and make adjustments accordingly.

Now last piece of advise here for you Dropshot. Being in better shape and being stronger can always help. So I'm not going to tell you, ‘No don't work out. Don't get in better shape. Don't get your legs stronger.' No, I'm not going to tell you that obviously. I mean all those things cab definitely help you. But I just want to point out the several tactical advantages you can have and also the placements of your shots in your technique. I gave you some shots to work on: hitting deep and down the line of a short ball. Doing exercises and getting your body strong can definitely help, but compared to everything else that I talked to you about it's probably going to be the least important part of covering the passing shot correctly. And covering it effectively.

So Dropshot, hopefully that answers your question. If you'd like me to go into any more depth to any of these topics individually, definitely let me know. And yes, I mean you're obviously not as fast as you were when you were 20 years old. That's just how the body works, but if you're smart out there and you know what to look for and you know where to place your approach and where to place yourself. You should definitely be more successful. So good luck with this. Please let me know if you have any more questions, and I'd be happy to help out.

What can you do about an opponent who hits passing shots over and over? (Part 2) Was kann man gegen einen Gegner tun, der immer wieder Passierschläge macht? (Teil 2) ¿Qué se puede hacer ante un adversario que lanza pases una y otra vez? (Parte 2) Que faire face à un adversaire qui ne cesse de faire des passes ? (Partie 2) Che cosa si può fare con un avversario che colpisce in continuazione con tiri di passaggio? (Parte 2) パッシングシュートを何度も打つ相手にできることは？後編 패스 샷을 계속 치는 상대에 대해 어떻게 대처해야 하나요? (2부) Ką galite padaryti su varžovu, kuris nuolat pataiko perdavimą atliekančius metimus? (2 dalis) Wat kun je doen tegen een tegenstander die keer op keer past? (Deel 2) Co można zrobić z przeciwnikiem, który w kółko uderza podania? (Część 2) O que é que se pode fazer perante um adversário que acerta repetidamente nos lançamentos de passe? (Parte 2) Что вы можете сделать с соперником, который раз за разом бьет мимо? (Часть 2) Pas atışlarını tekrar tekrar yapan bir rakibe karşı ne yapabilirsiniz? (Bölüm 2) Що робити з суперником, який раз за разом б'є в прохідні ворота? (Частина 2) 面对不断传球的对手，你能做什么？（第2部分）面對不斷傳球的對手，你能做什麼？（第2部分）

Secondly, I recommend that most of the time you come into the net after hitting a down the line approach shot. And this is so that you can most easily cover the court and cover the angels on the court. When you hit the ball down the line, you are in a better position automatically to cover the possible angels. Wenn Sie den Ball die Linie entlang schlagen, sind Sie automatisch in einer besseren Position, um die möglichen Engel abzudecken. If you hit cross court, you leave open a lot of court down the line for your opponent to hit a passing shot. Wenn Sie quer über den Platz schlagen, lassen Sie Ihrem Gegner viel Platz, um einen Passierschlag zu machen.

Now this is not an ironclad law and you don't always have to approach down the line. |||||铁定||||||||||| |||||rigid or unchange||||||||||| |||||inflexível||||||||||| Dies ist jedoch kein unumstößliches Gesetz, und Sie müssen nicht immer auf der ganzen Linie vorgehen. Sometimes down the middle can be successful. Manchmal kann auch die Mitte erfolgreich sein. Sometimes even cross court can be successful. Manchmal kann sogar ein Kreuzverhör erfolgreich sein. But in general, I would go down the list in that order of success. Aber im Allgemeinen würde ich die Liste in dieser Reihenfolge des Erfolgs abarbeiten. Possible success. Möglicher Erfolg. Down the line down the middle cross court. Die Linie entlang in der Mitte quer über den Platz. Cross court–unless you hit a really good shot–is going to really open up a lot of court for your opponent to pass you. Wenn du quer über den Platz spielst - es sei denn, du triffst einen wirklich guten Schuss -, wird dein Gegner viel Platz haben, um dich zu überholen.

This is kind of difficult to describe with words via audio. Es ist schwierig, dies mit Worten per Audio zu beschreiben. I'm actually getting ready to put up a video at essentialtennis.com/video that really demonstrates this. Ich bin gerade dabei, ein Video auf essentialtennis.com/video einzustellen, das dies wirklich demonstriert. When you really see the court it's easy to kind of understand this. Wenn man das Spielfeld wirklich sieht, kann man das leicht verstehen. But I'm just kind of leave it that for now and just make you aware and make sure that you're aware Dropshot and the rest of my listeners that down the line is usually the way to go in singles when you're approaching the net. Aber ich belasse es erst einmal dabei und weise Sie darauf hin und stelle sicher, dass Sie sich bewusst sind, dass Dropshot und der Rest meiner Zuhörer, dass der Weg nach unten normalerweise der richtige ist, wenn Sie sich dem Netz nähern. So when it comes to quality of shot those are the two important criteria: deep and down the line. |||||||||||||critérios||||| Wenn es also um die Qualität der Aufnahmen geht, sind das die beiden wichtigsten Kriterien: tief und auf der Linie. Now, once you've hit your deep down the line approach shot and you're pressuring your opponent with this shot, make sure that you position yourself on the side of the court that you hit the ball. Wenn Sie Ihren Annäherungsschlag tief in die Linie geschlagen haben und Ihren Gegner mit diesem Schlag unter Druck setzen, achten Sie darauf, dass Sie sich auf der Seite des Platzes positionieren, auf der Sie den Ball schlagen. And so if you hit a forehand approach shot on the do side, it was a short forehand you were over on the right side of the court if you're right handed. ||||||golpe de direita||||||||||||||||||||||||| Wenn man also einen Vorhand-Angriffsschlag auf der rechten Seite machte, war es eine kurze Vorhand und man war auf der rechten Seite des Platzes, wenn man Rechtshänder ist. And you direct that deep down the line right in front of you to the right. Und den lenken Sie direkt vor Ihnen nach rechts in die Tiefe. From your prospective. Aus Ihrer Sicht. You want to position yourself a little bit to the right of the central line, and this because it's going to be much easier for your opponent as around the run to get to your approach. Du solltest dich ein wenig rechts von der Mittellinie positionieren, weil es für deinen Gegner dann viel einfacher ist, an deine Annäherung heranzukommen. It's going to be much easier for them to hit the ball straight than it is to catch the ball early and hit a big angle. Es wird für sie viel einfacher sein, den Ball gerade zu schlagen, als den Ball früh zu fangen und einen großen Winkel zu schlagen. Now you describe your opponent here being able to hit these big sharp angles. ||||||||||||pointed edges| Jetzt beschreiben Sie, dass Ihr Gegner in der Lage ist, diese großen, scharfen Winkel zu schlagen. And we're going to talk just a little bit later about what to do about that. Und wir werden später noch darüber sprechen, was man dagegen tun kann. But you should be usually covering down the line first and positioning yourself in front of wherever you hit your approach shot. ||||||||||||||||无论哪里||||| In der Regel sollten Sie aber zuerst die Linie abdecken und sich vor der Stelle positionieren, an der Sie Ihren Annäherungsschlag ausführen.

So if your approach to the left, you should be a little bit on the left side of the court. If you approach to the right, you should be a little bit to the right side of the court. This is called ‘ shading. |||sombreamento ‘ And basically the rule of thumb is that you should be following the ball. |||||general guideline|||||||| Und die Faustregel lautet, dass man dem Ball folgen sollte. What ever direction you hit your approach shot to, that's should direction you should be moving as you position yourself. In welche Richtung Sie auch immer Ihren Annäherungsschlag ausführen, in diese Richtung sollten Sie sich bewegen, wenn Sie sich positionieren. Alright, so that's my #1 piece of advise for you Dropshot, is to come forward on a quality shot and position yourself correctly. If you do those two things then the amount of times that you get past should drop quite a bit. Wenn du diese beiden Dinge tust, dann sollte die Anzahl der Überschreitungen ziemlich stark abnehmen. I'd be willing to bet that a lot of these passing shots that are being hit on you are the result of not challenging your opponent very much, and not putting yourself on the right spot. Ich würde darauf wetten, dass viele dieser Passierschläge, die auf dich einprasseln, darauf zurückzuführen sind, dass du deinen Gegner nicht besonders herausforderst und dich nicht an die richtige Stelle stellst. Now I have three other pieces of advise here for you. 现在|||||||建议||| Jetzt habe ich drei weitere Ratschläge für Sie. First of all, make sure that when they do hit a good passing shot, you're stepping across your body for the most amount of reach. Stellen Sie zunächst sicher, dass Sie bei einem guten Passspiel möglichst weit über Ihren Körper hinausgehen, um eine möglichst große Reichweite zu erzielen. Like a launch that you suggested earlier in your question. Wie der von Ihnen in Ihrer Frage vorgeschlagene Start.

So if you're right handed and you are stretching out to your right to try to get a ball that has been hit well and you're going to have a hard time reaching it, you should be stepping with your left foot. 所以||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Wenn du also Rechtshänder bist und dich nach rechts ausstreckst, um einen gut getroffenen Ball zu erreichen, solltest du mit dem linken Fuß gehen. This is very important. Dies ist sehr wichtig. If it's a backhand and you're moving to your left, you should be stepping across with your right foot. |||mão ao contrário||||||||||||||| Wenn es sich um eine Rückhand handelt und du dich nach links bewegst, solltest du mit dem rechten Fuß hinübergehen. This is going to give you the most amount of reach as you step across your body and into a lunge type position like you were talking about. ||||||||||||||||||||lunge position||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||afundo||||||| So haben Sie die größte Reichweite, wenn Sie quer über Ihren Körper in eine Art Ausfallschritt gehen, wie Sie es eben beschrieben haben.

So make sure that you were doing that and you're not stepping with your out side foot. Vergewissern Sie sich also, dass Sie das tun und nicht mit dem äußeren Fuß auftreten. Your right foot for a forehand and your left foot for a backhand. Den rechten Fuß für eine Vorhand und den linken Fuß für eine Rückhand. That's going to limit your amount of reach quite a bit. Das wird Ihre Reichweite ziemlich einschränken. Secondly, pay close attention to the tendencies of your opponents and anticipate. ||||||tendências||||| Just about everybody you play is going to have a preference. When you hit to their forehand side they are going to usually like a certain type of passing, whether be down the line or cross courts or hard and flat or top spin or maybe they like to lob. ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||hit the ball high When you hit to their forehand or backhand, they will have tendencies as far as what they like to try it first. Wenn du auf ihre Vorhand oder Rückhand schlägst, haben sie eine Tendenz, was sie zuerst versuchen wollen. They are going to have probably a favorite shot or maybe two favorite shots that they like to try to hit when you do come forward to the net. Sie werden wahrscheinlich einen oder zwei Lieblingsschläge haben, die sie gerne versuchen, zu schlagen, wenn du ans Netz kommst. It's your job to pay attention to these. Es ist Ihre Aufgabe, auf diese zu achten. And Dropshot you should not get beaten by the same shot again and again and again. |滴球|||||击败||||||||| Und Dropshot solltest du nicht immer und immer wieder mit demselben Schuss besiegt werden. If you approach on a quality approach shot and you position yourself correctly and you get beat cross court with a sharp high quality angle, you need to put that in your mental log book. |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||mental record| Wenn Sie sich mit einem qualitativ hochwertigen Annäherungsschlag nähern, sich richtig positionieren und mit einem scharfen, hochwertigen Winkel über den Platz geschlagen werden, müssen Sie das in Ihr mentales Logbuch eintragen. If you do it again: approach to the same spot again with the quality of approach and you position yourself correctly and they pass you again with the same shot, OK. At this point after they've done it a hand full of times successfully. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt haben sie es schon eine Handvoll Mal erfolgreich getan. At that point you need to start altering your strategy and either approaching to a different place or approach to the same place and anticipating where they are going to go. |||||||改变||||||||||||||||||||||| An diesem Punkt müssen Sie Ihre Strategie ändern und entweder einen anderen Ort ansteuern oder denselben Ort ansteuern und vorhersehen, wohin sie gehen werden. And you need to change your position on the court accordingly. Und Sie müssen Ihre Position auf dem Spielfeld entsprechend ändern. Do not continue to do the same thing and get beat by the same shot again and again. Tun Sie nicht immer wieder das Gleiche und lassen Sie sich nicht immer wieder von demselben Schuss treffen.

And this obviously sounds really fundamental and it sounds very obvious. I guess you'll have to point this out. Ich schätze, Sie werden darauf hinweisen müssen. But this is where matches are win and lost and the patterns of good shots being hit, and one player or the other not making any adjustments. Aber das ist der Punkt, an dem Matches gewonnen und verloren werden, und die Muster von guten Schlägen, die getroffen werden und bei denen der eine oder andere Spieler keine Anpassungen vornimmt. So make sure that you're paying close attention to your opponent. Achten Sie also darauf, dass Sie Ihren Gegner gut im Auge behalten. You're watching their tendencies. Du beobachtest ihre Tendenzen. And then start to anticipate them and make adjustments accordingly. Und dann fangen Sie an, sie zu antizipieren und Anpassungen vorzunehmen.

Now last piece of advise here for you Dropshot. Nun noch ein letzter Ratschlag für dich, Dropshot. Being in better shape and being stronger can always help. Eine bessere Kondition und mehr Kraft können immer hilfreich sein. So I'm not going to tell you, ‘No don't work out. Ich werde Ihnen also nicht sagen: 'Nein, das klappt nicht. Don't get in better shape. ||||状态 Werden Sie nicht fitter. Don't get your legs stronger.' Machen Sie Ihre Beine nicht stärker.' No, I'm not going to tell you that obviously. Nein, das werde ich Ihnen natürlich nicht sagen. I mean all those things cab definitely help you. |||||can||| Ich meine, all diese Dinge helfen Ihnen definitiv. But I just want to point out the several tactical advantages you can have and also the placements of your shots in your technique. |||||||||||||||||posicionamentos|||||| Aber ich möchte nur auf die verschiedenen taktischen Vorteile hinweisen, die Sie haben können, und auch auf die Platzierung Ihrer Schläge in Ihrer Technik. I gave you some shots to work on: hitting deep and down the line of a short ball. Ich habe Ihnen einige Schläge gegeben, an denen Sie arbeiten sollten: tief und die Linie eines kurzen Balls entlang schlagen. Doing exercises and getting your body strong can definitely help, but compared to everything else that I talked to you about it's probably going to be the least important part of covering the passing shot correctly. Übungen und die Stärkung deines Körpers können definitiv helfen, aber im Vergleich zu allem anderen, worüber ich mit dir gesprochen habe, ist das wahrscheinlich der unwichtigste Teil, um den Passierschlag richtig zu decken. And covering it effectively. Und sie effektiv abdecken.

So Dropshot, hopefully that answers your question. Also Dropshot, ich hoffe, das beantwortet deine Frage. If you'd like me to go into any more depth to any of these topics individually, definitely let me know. Wenn Sie möchten, dass ich auf einzelne dieser Themen näher eingehe, lassen Sie es mich wissen. And yes, I mean you're obviously not as fast as you were when you were 20 years old. Und ja, ich meine, Sie sind offensichtlich nicht mehr so schnell wie mit 20 Jahren. That's just how the body works, but if you're smart out there and you know what to look for and you know where to place your approach and where to place yourself. So funktioniert der Körper nun einmal, aber wenn man da draußen klug ist und weiß, worauf man achten muss, und wenn man weiß, wo man seinen Ansatz und sich selbst platzieren muss. You should definitely be more successful. Sie sollten auf jeden Fall mehr Erfolg haben. So good luck with this. Also viel Glück dabei. Please let me know if you have any more questions, and I'd be happy to help out. Bitte lassen Sie mich wissen, wenn Sie weitere Fragen haben, und ich helfe Ihnen gerne weiter.