Returning Slices From Net in Doubles Tennis

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Jason Gerardo at Gold Key Racquet Club in beautiful Phoenix, Arizona, on behalf of Expert Village. In this clip we're going to talk about is what you do when the ball is struck. So once we see his racquet coming forward and I get that early read on the shoot, say for example, he hits that slice, then what do I do after that? I look and I lean getting ready to take that middle because that's most likely where he's going to hit in doubles. So, for example, my server hits the ball, it comes towards the "T", he comes back with a sliced backhand, and then I start making that move pretty early. What I do after the ball is struck, so you see that backhand coming back a little bit open with the racquet back, going to slice it, you start making that early move. You start seeing that pretty early, that ball is going to hang in the air because it has the backspin on it, make the move forward. The ball is hit, served; see I'm taking the racquet back a little bit open; I make that move pretty early. Once he takes his racquet back and he comes forward, he can't change direction anymore, It gets tougher. So when you take that racquet forward, then you know you can make that early move."