hey guys Scott and Nate here from player
court calm and today we're gonna show
you how to win more matches with the
rule of three
so guys today super simple video we're
gonna talk about something I like to
call the rule of three that just makes
you play smarter tennis in win more
matches and the rule of three is
actually really really simple the
concept is put three balls in the court
and let your opponent make a mistake
before you try something super
aggressive can't be that simple can it's
it really is that simple and I'll tell
you guys honestly I am more of an
aggressive player when I'm playing well
I'm hitting big serves I'm hitting big
four hands but there's definitely
certain types of players where I don't
need to hit winners to win the point if
I can just be patient I can put a lot of
balls in play specifically three they're
gonna beat themselves and I think you'll
find really at all skill levels
there's definitely players where if you
put the ball and play enough times your
opponents will do the damage for you and
beat themselves guys I know this
strategy seems really simple but it
works one of the biggest mistakes on
Nate
I use it every week that's not sure
that's not true occasionally it's true
but one of the issues is that in tennis
we have a tendency to press and we've
heard every major athlete talk about it
Agassi talked about in his book about
pressing was like the the one thing that
created losses in his tennis matches and
what is pressing so a lot of times when
we go by rule of three we're worrying
just too much about what's gonna happen
on that fourth ball Scott keeps three
balls cross-court and I'm just so
anxious that he's gonna open up the
court with this massive ball I try to
strike first
right and this this thought pattern is
what creates these mistakes and I think
we can agree that it's the unforced
errors and forced errors that create
wins and matches it's certainly not
winter so Scott's getting me to make
more unforced errors by pressing then
he's obviously gonna win the match yeah
guys I can tell you four players of the
player court rating of 80 in below nine
times out of 10 the person who wins the
match is actually just the person who
didn't beat themselves so this strategy
does work really works well you know
once you get up into that higher level
we are playing it like a player court 85
you know up into a hundred rain
USTA for five to five Oh maybe if did a
little bit more damage but if you're
playing at the rec level use this rule
put three balls in them in the court
first let your opponent have three
chances to miss before you try something
crazy alright guys and make sure to mix
these patterns up you don't have to just
go cross court in fact you can go right
down the middle of the court one of my
favorite patterns is something I call
the battering ram I'm gonna knock down
the door right so you're hitting the
ball nice and deep you can afford to put
a little bit more pace and spin on it
for the low margin for error and what
this does is creates a little bit of
pressure on your opponent to create
something right know what we said we
want them depress and we all know that
there's just not a whole lot of angle in
the middle of the court especially with
a lot of depth for sure and Gazza this
might seem like rudimentary instruction
and it is just three balls in the court
a lot of times especially at the rec
level does enough damage right a lot of
people will beat themselves if you just
let them so if you can just put three
balls in the court next time you're out
there playing some matches you know
adopt this strategy just try to get
three balls in the court before you try
something aggressive yes Nate what if I
can't get three balls in the court Scott
that's a great question so if you're
struggling with consistency you can't
get three balls in the court
I don't know Nate there's something
called the rule of what is it four by
four four by four the so we have the the
rule of three now we have the the rule
of four by four and this is super easy
everyone will remember this okay so the
four by four is a m-four feet above
the net and four feet away from the
lines if we're trying to build
consistency one of the main thing we
want to do is make sure that we're we're
not playing too close to the net or
playing too close to the law I love that
so take out all the risks get the ball
really high over the neck at the ball
really far away from the line
you know eliminate all the risks that
caused you to miss put three balls in
the court let your opponent you know
stress out ever trying to close the
point out so in some are here again
simple instruction next time you're
playing put three balls in the court let
your opponent beat themselves I think
you'll find a lot of them will so as you
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