Blue

Blue Player Profile

General Play
– Serves and returns in court 60% of time, and attempts to serve and return deep
– Almost never swing and miss
– Uses forehand and backhand appropriately
– Maintains a rally of 5 shots (groundstrokes, volleys, dinks)

Positioning
– Consistently moves to the NVL when the chance is there after the third shot- does not back off the NVL too often
– Beginning to move with partner for correct court positioning (up/back and side/side)

Fast Game
– Handles moderate pace (drives, volleys, speed ups handled more than 50% of the time)

Slow Game
– Beginning to initiate a dink rally and dinks as much as possible until pop ups
– Beginning to keep ball low and limit pop-ups
– Uses third shot drop on easy returns

Strategy
– General game concepts (e.g. deep serve – deep return – drop for first three shots)
– Beginning to limit unforced errors (fewer than 50% of your rallies (1 out of 2) end because of your unforced error)

 
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