This Movement Mistake Ends 90% Of All Doubles Points 

Learned this a year ago and makes so much a difference. Another note is to not look back at your partner when ball goes past you! Wuzzz upppp!!!

Any tips for when the baseline players start lobbing back and forth cross court for like 20 shots? The net players can get exhausted with all that back and forth footwork. To conserve energy in this case, would it make sense to drop back to the baseline with your partner until you can both move forward together?

Classic ball follow moment 👌

When I’m at the ,, my primary objective is to put the ball away as expeditiously as possible tracking the ball carefully to make it happen ! My partner, on the other hand should be doing his best to set that point up and not just rally back and forth at the same time,, looking for an opening to pass the opponent’s net man .

I understand your point about following the ball back, but it looks when you follow it back, the "plug up" the middle but you just left the space you left open to allow a righty net player to just dump it there. Isn't that a problem.

The other thing is that your partner MUST understand these types of details. I've had un-educated partners trying to tell me to STOP DOING THAT! One wanted me to stand ONLY in the doubles lane for ALL returns. Another wanted me to stand within 2 feet of the net and in the DEAD CENTER of the service square and yet he couldn't avoid hitting me in the back with his serves so now I have to squat down to avoid getting hit and it leaves the doubles lanes pretty much open. Argh!

This is the sort of instruction that looks good for pro's but just won't work for most lower level players (under 5.0 say). Better off just staying close to the net where the volleys are easy and look to poach, which the player in blue could have done on a couple of the returns for an easy volley winner. By doing the running as the video shows you can't actually poach and win the point, all it achieves is to give you a chance of intercepting the opponents volley winner and keeping the point going. Even that isn't great - I bet in that example video if you actually had the ball go at the net player they'd miss it because they were so focused on running back and forth they'd be unable to volley. The math doesn't add up - much better to just sit at the net and be the attacking player with a high chance of winning the point, rather than the defensive player with a small chance of just keeping the point alive.

Well, if you stay very close to net (without following the ball movement), 1), if your baseline partner has a weak shot, opponent net player will put away easy volley behind your feet, 2), if you stay close to net, opponent baseline can easily lob over your head, 3) if you stay close to net and middle of net, opponent baseline can easily drive down the line into allay winner. Of course if you have a strong baseline partner, yes probably it is better to stay close to net to poach or put away.