10 Most common mistakes in Tennis Doubles and how to fix them!

On the deuce side I like to stand closer to the middle line for serve so I can aim for the T to bring the return to my partner

well, 3/4 position on the box might look nice. in fact most of the volleys contact points will be below the net line, which mean that each volley would have clear the net first. which means each is going low to high, not high to low

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Great tips!

Great tips, unfortunately where I play social doubles, it doesn't matter where my partner stands because the minute I serve or return the ball, he or she is going to start back pedalling up to at least three feet behind the baseline. And I am a serve and volley player by instinct LOL

There are still coaches teaching players to guard the alley, leaving the middle wide open. 😂

Excellent, excellent, excellent instruction, master Meike.Thanks.

Thank you for a very helpful, easy to understand video.

Hands down the most concise and clearest illustration on proper movement inside the court especially as a netter. THANK YOU!

Thanks for your teaching. I really need to improve my skills in the volleyball catch

This is a top level doubles lesson (at least for us club players) that you’re just posting for free. Thanks and good luck with the channel!

At our level, 3.5, 4, if i stay 3 quarters from the net i get a lot of difficult balls coming fast under the net as they have little clearance from the net.

Great tips for club players but I also do would add that top doubles guru Louis Cayer has many other ways of avoiding doubles strategic mistakes?
He encourages Jamie Murray to be right on top of the net when being servers partner.
There’s also so many other strategies to adopt when you’re at the net you can be reactive, anticipate or have planned volleys.
Great video and opens up interest and discussion!

awesome video! I usually play singles and am just starting to get into double and been feeling a little lost, especially at the net. this is exactly what I needed. Very clear, easy to implement technical pointers. Going to level up my doubles game!

1st mistake is my partner 🤣🤣
Hugging the net and not helping me defend 😢

Really good info.

Great instruction (as usual). Question: I am a 4.0 who plays doubles exclusively. When I am returning serve, I sometimes get confused on ball place meant when both opponents are at , or are rushing, the net, and I am returning from the baseline.what are my options in this scenario. Thank you!

I do poach everything that is yellow and flying, and end up at the net 🤣

Awesome lesson!

Great video!

Thank you for this video! Very helpful. I am assuming this advice equally applies to juniors (U12, U14) as well. My son tends to stay back at the baseline and as a result suffered against better net players. Do you have drills to get comfortable with transitioning to net and poaching? Thanks

The sound is horrible

Truly amazing stuff Infact Meike am falling in love with you.Fantastic stuff.😀

i love your tips, you are defitnitely on my top tennis training videos to watch. thank you

Seems to be basic introductory information but winning involves using the brain and making adjustments. For example, fully agree that server's partner should not normally hug alley, but how close partner starts out to the net should depend on quality of server's serving and how good returner is. If partner's serve is a lolly-pop second serve and you are too far from net but still in box then you may get topspin returns at your feet and may then even want to play way back. Have to be flexible and adjust to your partner's serve and also read opponents. Or, to the other extreme, if you have the reflexes with a good serving partner, you can be tight to net like pros. Sometimes Australian is a good call and mixing it up may throw off opponents. Don't be rigid.

Really helpful thank you!!!!

Excellent video. Thank you.

I see many high school girl's team using the I formation.

I actually disagree about standing that far back when partner is serving, unless you're very quick you're gonna be hitting alot of low volleys and the court actually looks bigger when you that far back

A few steps forward is about right to me

Great doubles tips! Ha ha ... "a lot of players poach on anything that's yellow and is flying".

Hallo, als ein ganz alter Fan von Dir (noch aus der aktiven Zeit...;-)) kann ich nur sagen: ALLERHÖCHSTEN RESPEKT. Die "essentials" für den klassischen "Club Level Player" toll runtergebrochen, mit einem Augenzwinkern erklärt (kultig: "They are world class"...;-)) und super Kameraführung. Richtig, richtig gut. Authentisch und praktiker-mäßig ohne diese häufig bei anderen zu sehende "Überheblichkeit" und das "Sendungsbewußtsein". Eher so ein "On court with Meike for some real hitting!". Geil. Weiter so.

I never learned this when I was a junior and now at 43 I watched this video and got all these tips and I completely can dominate the net. This is such a good instruction for anyone who wants to really understand how to play doubles. And when you know this stuff, the other team doesn’t have any idea how you’re able to do it, they just think you’re a net monster. This is great stuff.

Video is geared to competitive league players. As a 3.5 rec pusher I can't lob too much. Or chip shot the ball too much. Chasing short balls and chasing down lobs wears down your opponents. But pullleeese, rec players, stop with the long lasting diagonal ground stroke rallys, unless you have Federer's forehand and Wawarinka's backhand. You're just pissing off your partner.

This video deserves more views and more likes! If you want to play doubles better, come back time to time and re-evaluate yourself to see how much you have followed her points.

I was with ya for a minute - however I have to translate all of this to lefty! LOL! Great tips though...my partners keep telling me to move so I won't get hit when I'm standing in middle of service box!

Great advises for doubles playing! Thank you!!

Why does she not even wear a sporting outfit?

Brilliant tips, so well explained and filled in lots of gaps about my doubles knowledge, thank you.

I am about 4.0 in age of middle 40s, I took less unnecessary lobs and loose down the speed of first serve a bit, it help saving energy and win more games. This is a very helpful especailly when I face weaker opponents I can clearly observate their position to made pool timing judgement. I think this is one of the best videos of double tennis I will deliver to my player partners. Many Thanks coach !

Omg! Weekly Drill Clinics for 2 years and didn't grasp this. Thank You!

"pacman move" :D You are right of course

Very good tips. Well done. Thanks.

Thanks for all the tips, will try and put them into practice.

On the pro tour the net player in the servers side takes one huge step to get very very close to the net once the server serves a good serve. That's how they create ridiculous angles at net. Jack sock is famous for it. But of course they move back warda quickly I they don't poach the ball

did you mean returns have gotten so successful ??

Wow. This is so good. Thank you.

That video taught me more than I learned playing years at a club! I've subscribed, hope to see more of this content. Thanks so much

Mistake #1: opponent standing as adviced here will get all the return balls on his feet, second his volley return will be very difficult because of low hitspot and a net that is relatively far away, third problem is if the serve is not very big the returner can easy pass the net player at the tramline.

One of the best I’ve seen. Thank you!!!