Most club players can improve their doubles play by improving their court positioning. Too often, doubles players move as individuals rather than as a team, and as a result they leave themselves vulnerable by opening up huge holes on their side of the court. Instead, you and your partner should move toward the ball on each point as if the ball were a magnet. If your partner is pulled wide, then you should slide over in the direction of the ball to help cover the middle. If you get the ball back to your opponent’s baseline, let the ball pull you forward into an offensive position at the net. Wherever the ball is hit, you and your partner should be drawn a few steps in that direction to cut down the angles and close the holes your opponents can hit into. If you follow the ball as if it’s a magnet, it just may pull you toward doubles success.
