The last few times ive played in tournaments ill win the 1st loose the 2nd and then the 3rd i wanna know what do some of you have as a gameplan when you go into a 3rd set to close the match out
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Remember what you did in the first set that caused you to win and adjust your game plan to what you had been doing. Relax and make sure you are hydrated. Also start out strong in the 3rd set and bounce around. If your opponent sees you moving and not acting tired he may start to think about how tired he is and let down. And most importantly, believe in yourself and your strokes and your ability to win the match.
434562
When you go to play the game treat it just like a practice. Don't play to impress anyone, but rather play because you love the game. Keep that same mentality at every game.  If you play because love what you are doing, instead of impressing someone you will do better. Most of all even the pros's have a bad day from time to time. Just do your best, and you will come out on top! Best of luck in the future.
65530
Have heart!  I know it sounds stupid but you don't have to be the best player.  Just the desire.  I've played for years and believe me I'm not the best but I try to keep a positive attitude and play with people that jell together.  One bad apple and it upsets the whole team.  Play smart!  Watch the other team and look for their weak spots.  Have fun!  This was always my motivation in a tourneyment!  Hope this helps some....its not technical but it sure kept me playing!!
79426
It is always a good idea to know the house rules before you play any game. Here in the midwest we play mostly just call pocket. The reason being there is a lot less room for arguement that way. As you know the argueing can lead to big problems , especially in a money game. And most of the time if you called your pocket the shot was way you intended it to be anyway. So we just save ourselves a lot of trouble that way. So remember to always check the house rules and have a good time !
31847
What they are trying to tell you is to continue your stroke path so you maintain a full follow through.  This is important so as to maintain control and depth on your groundstrokes.  Otherwise your ball won't have the correct rotaion and will lack "bite" which would include topspin.  If you want to apply topspin look into proper grips, then step into the direction of your shot, imagine hitting through three balls in a line as you brush up the back of the ball and finish the shot with your racket over/around your opposite shoulder.  If you follow what I said intently you will be hitting topspin in no time.  Or go out to your public tennis courts and stop and watch the best player you can find.  You will see how its done and they might even be willing to show you if you are polite about it.  Hope this helps.
411666
I think that you will have to have three foursomes the first day, four threesomes the second day and six twosomes the third day:\n\nDay 1:  abcd  efgh  ijkl\nDay 2:  aei  bfj  cgk  dhl\nDay 3:  ag  bh  ci  dj  ek  fl  \n\nOr, you can do it in reverse.\n\nAs the others have said, you can't have three foursomes each day.\n\nAlso, you could treat the three days as mini tournaments.  On the first day, pair everyone up as I stated.  At the end of the first day, you can determine a first, second, third and fourth place winner in each foursome.\n\nOn the second day, you can pair the threesomes up by their position at the end of the first day.  For example, players a, e and i would be paired up since they were the first place winners at the end of the first day.\n\nOn the third day, you could play three foursomes, but have two two-man tournament within each foursome.  For example, players a, e and i could be matched up with second or third place players that they haven't played to determine first, second and third place in the tournament.  Players b, f and j would be playing for fourth, fifth and sixth place, etc.\n\nThis needs to be refined, but I hope I gave you some ideas.  This solution does provide you with a way to pair everyone up so that they are playing with someone different each day.
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i'm not very good at underhand serving so i could offer a little tips on the overhand serve.  r u a male or female? \n \n1) don't use ur fist to overhand serve.  that might seem easier to give the power but that's not good cuz u can't control ur serve.\n\n2) a good friend of mine who plays very well always says to keep ur fingers close when serving.  that gives a good floater (a ball that has no spins causing a floating action that could drift off the direction sometimes) if done correctly.  but for me, i like it w/ my hand wide open.  if u get used to and good at it, u can also serve floaters w/ hand wide opened.  so that i guess it's up to u, whichever u feel more comfortable with.\n\n3) toss the ball in front of u, not rite above ur head or behind.  tossing is very important actually.  no need to toss too high.  grab the ball w/ ur serving hand and extend up, just slightly in front of u, but parallel to ur serving shoulder, that should be that point where u hit the ball.\n\n4) do not bend ur elbow.  at the point where u contact with the ball, ur arm should be straight, reaching for it. (pretty much the highest point of ur swing)  u r not hitting it rite by ur ears.\n\n5) follow thru ur arm swing.  some ppl stop rite after hitting the ball w/o following thru.  that might work, but follow thru will give more power.\n\n6) snap ur wrist.  that doesn't mean to hit the ball down.  ur wrist should be snapping down along w/ ur follow thru, that will give the ball a nice projectile.  some ppl snap it hard enough to give a lot of spin on the ball.  but please, don't break ur wrist!\n\nif u r male, u should hav enough arm strength the serve the ball over, so what u need to concentrate on is how ur palm contact the ball. also depend on ur height.  if u r really tall, u don't wanna hit too bottom of the ball to give a high serve.  (unless u mean to do it.)  if u r shorter, then hit it more bottom.  i'm guess between the horizon line to it's 45 degree down is good.  (bottom doesn't mean right under.)\n\nlook at where u r serving to, imagine the line of how u want ur ball goes.  then look at where ur hand is when making contact to the ball.\n\nthat works for female too, but a lot of female when they start overhand serve, they don't hav enough strength.  one of the things they r missing is, using their body to help.  this is how i started learning overhand serve in junior high (i served sideway and round house b4 that):  1st, say if u serve w/ ur right hand, the ready position will be, ur right leg in the back, left leg front, put the weight on ur right leg.  as u toss and hit the ball, u r also changing ur weight from ur right leg to ur left, so u r like walking forward.  u r actually throwing ur right side body to the front, ur right hand is only use to hit the ball, where the power is actually coming from ur body.\n\nHIT the ball, not pushing it.\n\nlastly, of cuz, a lot of practise!  =P\n\noh yeah, as u r serving, think of it: "SMACK IT LIKE IT JUST SMACKED U!!"\n\nthis is only my 2 cents, and everyone is different.  to be correct is important, but to be good at what u've got is even better.  i'm not very good in explaining in words, but i hope this will help.
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For digging....Make sure you are not swinging at the ball. If you have your hands in the right place and the hit is hard enough, the ball will pop right off your platform. (also....have your hands positioned to the setter so your ball won't go right in front of you) \n\nFor serve receive....Before a game...try to know what types of serves your opponent has. Float serves will tend to change direction at the last second, so be ready to move your feet. For top spin, getting to the right place is half the battle. Then just stick out your hands and angle to the target. (might require slight movement of the platform) For jump serve, it is likedigging, stick tyour hands out and angle because it is coming hard. \n\nFor passing...stay low (Good tip someone told me: if you can touch the ground without having to really extend your arm...you are low enough.) Also, have your feet spread out a little more than shoulder's length so you can move quickly and not easily fall over. IF you are over-passing, take a little off and aim behind to the ten foot line and maybe then the pass will land past what you aimed for and to the correct  spot.
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I am not a very good golfer but when I do actually play good, in my terms, is when I am thinking about the next shot I have to make, not the slice I just hit. I tell my pitchers this: go pitch for pitch, forget about the one you just threw because this next one is more important than the last.\n\nSame thing in golf, if you miss the fairway off the tee, you have to make the next shot better than the last or else it just snow balls. You are only as good as that next shot you make. If all your shots are good then you will see the results in the end and the frustration won't be there. Shot for shot, forget about what just happened, the current shot is more important.
671594
keep your head up.  aim for the corners.  remember your plays.  have fun.  Don't get too nervous.  cut your nails. eat an awesome breakfast .    good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
273410
I play competition tennis in New York, USA. We play a team format in which we have 6 singles players who each play best of 3 sets (each set to 6, win by 2, ad scoring), and we also have three doubles teams (same as singles). After these matches finish, we usually continue by mixing up players and playing some Canadian doubles as well as other exhibition style matches.
354777
Well, work on your handles with tennis balls, and work on catching with tennis balls also. In the game, focus on getting your teammates involved, and also be agressive. Hustle, and even if you're nervous, don't let it show, and have poise. God Bless, and good luck this year!
112142
at this point, all you can really do is play and play and play. get out onto the court and play as much as possible. have somebody who can feed balls just feed you for a while and even though it will be very boring and you will probably hate it, you will get tons better. play lots of matches with other people around your level, if not better. if you lose to somebody, take notes and try to use that to your advantage and keep playing them until you win. then after that, start playing better and better people. good luck.
619468
It's just luck.  To many combinations to even think of having a 'strategy'.  I only play a dollar.  Hey, that's all it takes.  I don't have enough money to spend on trying to increase my chances of winning by buying more tickets.  A dollar and a dream.  Sadly, I think I'll run out of 'dollars' before I see my 'dream' come true!
158472
The first and second serves are fundamentally different.  A first serve is an aggressive serve you hit to try either for an ouright winner or at least a weak return.  The second serve should be a defensive serve you know will go in that minimizes the chance your opponent will hit a return winner.  Most pro's hit a hard first serve, either flat or a slice, then for a second serve they hit either a kick or a twist because the top spin makes sure it goes in and the high bounce makes it tough to hit an aggressive return on.  You definitely don't want to double fault and give away free points.\n\nThe trick to getting your second serve solid is to 1. pick which serve you're going to use and 2. hit nothing but second serves everytime you play, until you can hit the second serve with 100% guarantee it's going to go in.  Once you have it down, go back to your usual 1st serve/ 2nd serve strategy.  You'll no longer feel shaky on your second serve because you'll know for sure you can put it in the service box.  This will also free you up on your first serve to really go for it, since you don't have to worry about double faults.
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Why throw good money after bad?\nYou can make the same money for lesser, in picking out the games where upsets are likely.\nEg: USA likely to hold or defeat the Czechs. 2. Tunisia to make Round 2. 3. Serbia to hold or defeat the Dutch.
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Remember that the idea of the game is for your team to do well, not  for you to be outstanding.  Try to outthink the other team.  Where are there weaknesses on defense?  Try to find them and tip to those spots.  Do they have trouble defending the line?    Hit  line  instead of going crosscourt to their best defender.  Is there a weak player or a weak spot in the serve receive?  Try to serve there.  Can you read the other team's hits and tips.  Try to position yourself were you think the ball is going to go.  Is  one of your teammates really "on".  Try to involve her as much as possible.\n    Everything I've said above seems obvious, but in the heat of the game players often revert back to hitting the ball as hard as they can and trying to get by on just hustle.\n   To summarize, my tip is "outthink the other team".  Your coach will love you if you do!