Now, let me give you what is still my biggest complaint about club players and your game: Too often you have the risk vs. reward calculation backward. Namely, when you don’t have an advantage in the point—like when you’re forced over to the doubles alley in the backcourt—you try to rip the impossible one-in-twenty lucky shot like one you made a couple of years ago. Conversely, when you get a ball right smack in the middle of the court—just back of the service line—suddenly you think, “Ooooooh, I don’t wanna miss this easy one,” and play it safe, just push it over the net. I say: “Why? What are
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Need to hit the right balls, don’t try to make a kill from receiving a bad shot or bad positioning.
