Doubles is not two players playing independently. Effective doubles is two players matched as one. They know each other's game, skills, weaknesses, and strengths. They have a strategy they execute together: they move together, anticipate each other's moves, and...

Some games we want to win. Others we want to lose. I play recreational tennis with a group of guys at the 3.0-3.5 level. This means we are good enough to have a challenging game but not so good that winning is everything. Sure, we want to win, but we also want to...