Master every situation on the court
100 tactics
You are serving and want a reliable, high-percentage target that makes the return difficult.
You are returning serve and the server's partner stands at the net ready to intercept.
You have returned serve and your partner is already at the net. You are standing on the baseline.
The net player is aggressive and intercepts your cross-court returns consistently.
You double-fault too often under pressure and need a reliable second serve.
You are at the net and receive a medium-height ball you can control.
You are at the net but keep backing up when opponents wind up for a shot.
You and your partner are both at the net and a ball goes to your partner's side.
A ball comes down the center of the court and both you and your partner could take it.
Your opponent lobs deep toward the back corner while you are at the net.
You are at the net looking to finish the point from a strong position.
You are lobbed while at the net. The lob is medium depth, not short enough to attack, not deep enough to let bounce.
The opponent lobs short, the ball is above shoulder height and well inside the service line.
You are choosing where to direct your lobs from the back of the court.
Your opponent lobs perfectly deep and the ball is heading into the back corner.
You are pinned at the back and opponents control the net.
A ball bounces off the back wall toward you fast and you feel rushed.
You are moving to play a back wall ball and need to set your position.
The ball bounces and comes off the back wall at a comfortable waist-to-chest height.
You have just played a ball off the back or side wall.
The ball is about to hit the side wall and you need to position for the rebound.
Opponents control the net and you need to neutralize their advantage without lobbing.
You have just played a deep lob that sends opponents retreating.
You are at the back trying to break net dominance and choosing a target.
You have been playing slow defensive balls and opponents are very settled at the net.
One net player has shifted toward the center, leaving the cross-court line open.
During a rally you realize you and your partner are both on the same side of the court.
You are moving forward after a return and feel comfortable stopping between the service line and the net.
The set has reached a tiebreak and you feel the pressure rising.
The match has just started.
You are at the net or moving around the court and find yourself late to react to balls.
After a shot one player is at the net and their partner is still at the baseline.
You are at the net and trying to watch both the ball and your opponents simultaneously.
You have just played a shot and are standing watching where it goes.
You and your partner are both at the net and opponents are looking for gaps.
You and your partner play mostly in silence and keep making the same positioning mistakes.
You are choosing when to lob and what kind of lob to play.
Your opponents have won three consecutive points and are building momentum.
Your opponent hits a second serve after a fault.
The match has just started and you need to gather information.
You are at the net with a comfortable volley opportunity.
You have just hit a deep return or deep lob that has pushed opponents back.
You are at the net trying to win points with volleys but opponents keep retrieving them.
You want to play an offensive shot from the back court that is hard to predict.
You have just played a wall rebound and opponents expect you to lob.
Your opponent hits a powerful shot directly at you from close range.
You want a serve variation that creates a genuinely difficult return.
You are returning serve and want to advance to the net safely.
You are playing overheads and opponents have found a rhythm reading your bandeja and vibora.
A lob goes over both players and there is hesitation about who should take it.
You are losing and keep thinking about the scoreline instead of the next point.
You feel rushed between points and keep carrying the energy of the last mistake into the next rally.
You serve inconsistently and find your mind wandering during high-pressure service games.
You are losing points and your body language shows it, slumped shoulders, head down, visible frustration.
You make an unforced error and the mistake stays in your head for the next 2–3 points.
You feel anxious before matches and your first few games are always below your practice level.
You get tight at important moments because you focus too much on the result.
It is a golden point, one point decides the game, and you feel the pressure spike.
You are not sure how to think about court positioning during a match.
You always feel late getting to the ball despite being fit enough.
An opponent winds up for a big shot and your instinct is to back up.
You have lost three consecutive games and every tactical adjustment has failed.
You are at the back trying to decide which opponent to target.
You are in a tiebreak and need a reliable serve tactic under pressure.
Opponents have settled into returning your serve comfortably after the first set.
You are the net player during your partner's second serve.
The net player has been successfully poaching your cross-court returns all match.
Opponents have found a rhythm defending your overheads and are reading them consistently.
You have just played a bandeja that was not deep enough and opponents are in a good position.
Opponents have started reading your volley direction accurately and are retrieving balls you expect to win.
Opponents return comfortably from wide and your body serve has become predictable.
The serve keeps coming hard into your body and you get jammed and frame the return.
You are deciding whether to take the return early on the rise or let it run to the back glass.
Opponents poach your cross-court returns and put away anything you send wide.
Both opponents are pinned at the back and keep retrieving your deep volleys.
You get clean, high volleys but opponents block them back because you aim at the nearest player.
Your volleys float up and give opponents easy attacks, or you find yourself volleying from below the net.
An opponent anticipates your cross-court volley and shades early to cover it.
Opponents lob you and you keep trying to smash the bandeja for a winner, often missing or getting it returned.
A lob falls short, around the service line, and you want to attack it without overhitting into the back glass.
A lob pushes you back toward the side wall and a flat smash would only feed the back glass.
You are stretched and out of position at the back and need to stay in the point without feeding a sitter.
Opponents feed you tempting deep lobs and you smash them, into the back glass and back to them, or into the net.
After you play a bandeja or smash you stand and admire it, then get caught out of position by the reply.
A ball comes off the back wall and you keep hitting it too early, at shoulder height, and losing control.
A ball is heading into the corner and will catch both the back wall and the side wall.
You are taking a ball off the back wall (a bajada) and the opposing net player is shading toward the middle expecting your cross-court reply.
A ball is going to pass you toward the back wall and you backpedal to chase it, losing balance.
You and your partner are both pushed back defending and need to climb back to the net.
Opponents own the net and you can't get a lob past them, so you need another way to break their position.
One lob isn't enough to dislodge a well-set net pair that recovers quickly.
Both opponents are at the net and well spaced, with no obvious gap to either side.
Opponents at the net have started backing up early every time you shape to lob.
An aggressive net player keeps poaching your cross-court balls by jumping across the middle.
After each shot you drift apart from your partner and opponents keep finding the gap between you.
Your partner gets pulled out wide to chase a ball and opponents immediately exploit the space they left.
You lob cross-court from the back, then get passed down the line you just opened up.
You and your partner never know in advance who will poach, so you both go for the same ball or neither does.
In long or tight rallies you go for too much, miss, and hand opponents free points.
Late in a match you are physically tired and start rushing points and making sloppy decisions.