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Players start from 4:4 and play the best of 5 sets.
Variations:
- Best of 3 (if you don't have a lot of time)
- Players play tie breaks – the best of 3 (5)
Benefits:
- Players don't waste time in practice playing points at 1:1 and
15:15. Most of them don't realize the importance of those points
and play them too carelessly. Before they mature enough and start
listening to the coach, you may present them with these situations
which automatically put them in a focused state of mind since
every point is important. When they play the best of 5, they have
played focused and fighting tennis for 30 or 60 minutes. It starts
becoming automatic.
- Players learn how to approach these situations since they play
them more often. They can learn from their mistakes and try a
different approach to finishing the set maybe 10 minutes after
the first type of play (only baseline, defending, …) did not work.
Players can make these mistakes in their matches but then they
forget and try it next week again. They can't change their approach
in the tournament since they have already lost.
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