Ten Points To Better Doubles

1. Get your first serve in because it sets up your partner for a possible poach.

2. Return the serve cross court, well.

3. Rally Cross Court, well.

4. After every shot transition to the net or behind the baseline and split-step.

5. Make easy volleys. Don't get greedy or to creative.

6. When you and your partner are at the net, and have a high easy ball, go to the short side, not deep.

7. Hit passing shots down the middle, most of the time.

8. If you are deep behind the baseline and both players are at the net, lob.

9. The secret sauce of the game is poaching diagonally at the net and cutting off baseline shots and 

    volleys.

10. Communicate: up, back, you, me, switch, go, and poaching signals.

Merry Christmas.

Tomorrow, ten basic points of singles.