Greetings Coach, think you will get a lot of views and likes with 3.5 and 4.0 Doubles talk, that's where a lot of club players North of 35 years of age up thru 75+ tend to reside or refer to themselves as whether true or not. I would encourage you to make a group of these types of videos for all aspects of Doubles. Every club tends to have a weekly doubles league, great stuff!
Pete. Solid as always. And B2- like a good partner, is a good listener. 3.5 is about precision more than power. Your lesson is all about making your opponents uncomfortable. Be well.
Great compilation Pete! Can't agree more. The points you mentioned are those that I routinely see with some seniors (60+) who feast on younger players without the awareness of what you refer. I will be sharing with everyone in my teams.
Thanks for giving props to the most versatile grip in the game. I’ve actually had people turn their noses up while saying they don’t use the Continental grip, and in my mind, I’m screaming “I’ll bet you lose a lot!”
I play in a 4.0 doubles Tuesday and Thursday, and one of partners refuses to play to play the net, and literally stands on the baseline and distracts me when I am serving and my serve is good! It’s tough playing against 3 players! So I started to serve and volley and he has the nerve to complain if I get passed. I told him if he played the net I wouldn’t be in that situation to begin with! So if players are playing from the baseline in doubles they need to stop playing doubles and play singles! Great job on the video Coach!
Reading the comments is interesting. People getting offended because you are describing solid fundamentals for the 3.5 level. A lot of this applies a at all levels!
I would call this how to win all your beginner doubles matches, not 3.5. To those who are unaware, 3.5 usta is played almost exclusively by strong 4.0 players who manage ratings to try and advance to national championships.
There is a big gap between people who claim to be 3.5 and people who play on a winning official 3.5 team. This means that teaching pros always overrate their students compared to their actual USTA level. It's bad enough that we should just throw out the USTA rating system and move to UTR. UTR is so much better.
USTA lets guys stay 3.5 with UTR ratings greater than 5.0. At Nationals I played a 3.0 doubles team with one guy that had a UTR over 6.0. Those 5-6 UTR guys can be 3.5 with kick serves, drop volleys, 90+ mph flat serves, and consistent topspin forehands. They're not wondering what continental grip is. I'll wait for the 4.0 video to learn how to beat these "3.5s".
agree to disagree ...i have coached and played with many 3.5 players who win their fair share of matches...why don't you try and get good at running these 3 plays off second serves and if they don't work write me back
Trust me most people playing 3.5 Doubles would have a much better record if they followed all the steps in this video...let's review...#1 get great at the continental grip...most 3.5 players are not great at that..sorry...run chip and charge plays off second serves...most 3 5 do not...tip 3 make 3 balls that tip came from someone with 21 gold balls...tip 4 lead by following I learned that from Mark Woodford tip 5 develop good footwork...if you think these tips won't work at 3.5 your way off...these same plays would work at 4.5 especially if we are talking about players over 40
Greetings Coach, think you will get a lot of views and likes with 3.5 and 4.0 Doubles talk, that's where a lot of club players North of 35 years of age up thru 75+ tend to reside or refer to themselves as whether true or not. I would encourage you to make a group of these types of videos for all aspects of Doubles. Every club tends to have a weekly doubles league, great stuff!
Pete. Solid as always. And B2- like a good partner, is a good listener. 3.5 is about precision more than power. Your lesson is all about making your opponents uncomfortable. Be well.
B2 and I thank you
Precision and penetrating slices off both wings will definitely work at 3.5 and keep you competitive at 4.0.
Great compilation Pete! Can't agree more. The points you mentioned are those that I routinely see with some seniors (60+) who feast on younger players without the awareness of what you refer. I will be sharing with everyone in my teams.
Thanks
Thanks for giving props to the most versatile grip in the game. I’ve actually had people turn their noses up while saying they don’t use the Continental grip, and in my mind, I’m screaming “I’ll bet you lose a lot!”
Hi Tonya
I play in a 4.0 doubles Tuesday and Thursday, and one of partners refuses to play to play the net, and literally stands on the baseline and distracts me when I am serving and my serve is good! It’s tough playing against 3 players! So I started to serve and volley and he has the nerve to complain if I get passed. I told him if he played the net I wouldn’t be in that situation to begin with! So if players are playing from the baseline in doubles they need to stop playing doubles and play singles! Great job on the video Coach!
Funny story 😊
Good lesson Pete. I've never seen Bitu more comfortable before
Glad you liked it!
Reading the comments is interesting. People getting offended because you are describing solid fundamentals for the 3.5 level.
A lot of this applies a at all levels!
how are you Mr Hacker?
B - 2 is the reason I watched this video.10:34 please don't disturb him :)
I know I felt bad when I watched it back ....poor B2 he is the best dog!
Personally I would prefer not to use ‘conclusive’ words like ‘all’ winning all matches. USTA 3.5 is a competitive level.
I would call this how to win all your beginner doubles matches, not 3.5. To those who are unaware, 3.5 usta is played almost exclusively by strong 4.0 players who manage ratings to try and advance to national championships.
Sorry I have 3.5 players visit me all the time...this works like a charm
There is a big gap between people who claim to be 3.5 and people who play on a winning official 3.5 team. This means that teaching pros always overrate their students compared to their actual USTA level. It's bad enough that we should just throw out the USTA rating system and move to UTR. UTR is so much better.
I agree .. so much sandbagging in Usta
USTA lets guys stay 3.5 with UTR ratings greater than 5.0. At Nationals I played a 3.0 doubles team with one guy that had a UTR over 6.0.
Those 5-6 UTR guys can be 3.5 with kick serves, drop volleys, 90+ mph flat serves, and consistent topspin forehands. They're not wondering what continental grip is. I'll wait for the 4.0 video to learn how to beat these "3.5s".
THE PUPPY! 🥰
Finally someone mentioned the puppy...all the other comments are about terminator 3.5 players that I somehow missed in over 30 years of coaching lol
@@PeterFreemantennis Your puppy is adorable! So happy to just sit in the ball carrier while you talk!
Great video - but its more for 3.0 doubles players. 3.5 USTA is surprisingly strong..
agree to disagree ...i have coached and played with many 3.5 players who win their fair share of matches...why don't you try and get good at running these 3 plays off second serves and if they don't work write me back
Difficult to follow just listening without any demo either real players play or some visuals
Hey Pete I don’t think this is for 3.5 , if you watch 3.5 state, you will agree
Trust me most people playing 3.5 Doubles would have a much better record if they followed all the steps in this video...let's review...#1 get great at the continental grip...most 3.5 players are not great at that..sorry...run chip and charge plays off second serves...most 3 5 do not...tip 3 make 3 balls that tip came from someone with 21 gold balls...tip 4 lead by following I learned that from Mark Woodford tip 5 develop good footwork...if you think these tips won't work at 3.5 your way off...these same plays would work at 4.5 especially if we are talking about players over 40
@PeterFreemantennis I agree with continental grip and chip charge, but 3.5 level these days have good kick serve as second serve, not easy on it
@@josephjph1No one has a kick serve at 3.5. most dont at 4.0 either
There will be no kicking of the ball basket in today’s video.🥹
No way
Orhitting back to basket