Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: The things you need to do to beat weaker and stronger teams are more similar than you might think. Watch this video as Billy explains how The Previdi System handles matches against teams of all levels. EFFECT ON GAME: If you follow the game plan described in the video, you will have a good chance to beat strong teams and you will never lose ...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: Some players think that poaching a lot will make them a successful team but in our experience as players and coaches, we find that players need to understand their area of responsibility first and cover it well. Once they have learned this, then in the proper circumstances they can look for opportunities to expand the area they're covering an...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: In The Previdi System, the best type of partner to be is one who is reliable, methodical and who sticks to the plan and the plays. We've all fantasized about being a rock star and doing outlandish things and getting a lot of attention but that's not conducive to being a good partner or to winning matches. You will be more successful if you're...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: One of the main reasons players lose to aggressive net players is they get intimidated and don't hit their returns with commitment. Watch this video as Billy explains how to handle an aggressive net player.  EFFECT ON GAME: If you understand how to play against an aggressive net player, you will feel empowered rather than intimidates and rea...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: Many players over complicate  what it takes to hold serve in doubles. In reality there are only four possible scenarios and you're only required to do anything (after the serve) in two of them. Watch this video as Billy explains how The Previdi System handles these four scenarios. EFFECT ON GAME: Once you understand what it takes to hold ser...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: In The Previdi System, we want the server's partner to call direction for the serve, much like a catcher in baseball. This will be part of an ever evolving game plan based on our strengths, their weaknesses and how the match is going. EFFECT ON GAME: If you and your partner have a plan for service games, it will be easier to work together to...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: Creating effective lineups without alienating your players can be a challenge for USTA captains. In this Previdi System video, Billy gives you tips for creating successful lineups for your team. EFFECT ON GAME:  Having a philosophy when creating lineups gives you your best chance of winning matches but, more importantly, keeping everyone on ...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: In this video, Matt gives you the do's and don'ts of how to prepare your team for the playoffs (districts, sectionals, and nationals). EFFECT ON GAME: Proper preparation is key to success in the playoffs. Trying too hard or trying to do too much is a recipe for disaster for your team. ...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: Being an effective USTA captain can be very challenging and stressful. Follow these steps that Billy details from The Previdi System and make yourself a more effective captain.  EFFECT ON GAME:  If you have a plan and cover all your bases, your players will follow you gladly and everyone's experience will be more enjoyable. Your team will be...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: One of the best things you can learn to do in competitive tennis is to stop trying so hard all the time. You need to get to the point where you trust your preparation and your instincts (using what you've learned in The Previdi System) and let the game come to you.  EFFECT ON GAME:  Once you've learned to let go and just play, your enjoyment...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: Playing with a new partner can be a challenge for players of all levels but if you follow The Previdi System guidelines that Matt lays out here, you're guaranteed to have everyone want to play with you. EFFECT ON GAME:  If you create the right atmosphere and learn how to get the most out of any partner, you will put yourself in a position to...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: Holding serve in doubles takes much more than trying to blow people away with big serves. Understand the three C's in The Previdi System will give you a framework for success in your service games. EFFECT ON GAME:  If you can understand and implement the three C's you will hold serve all the time and stay focused even when your opponents are...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: In The Previdi System, the server's partner is responsible for calling what serves are going to hit. They're like the catcher in baseball. The strategy is evolving throughout the entire match as we learn more about our opponents and the server. EFFECT ON GAME:  There's nothing more rewarding as a net player than to have the satisfaction of c...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: Getting the lead on your serve is important for many reasons as it allows you to play more relaxed and more aggressively. EFFECT ON GAME:  If you get ahead on your serve, it puts pressure on your opponents and minimizes the effect of them hitting a winner. ...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: There are three ways to win a point in tennis; winners, unforced errors and forced errors. You want to put your opponents in difficult situations and force them to miss. EFFECT ON GAME:  If you and your partner can consistently put your opponents in difficult situations and force them to hit shots under duress, you will be effective against ...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: How to handle the down the middle ball in doubles when you and your partner are at the net is a problem at all levels if both players are equidistant from the net and will never be solved with that positioning. EFFECT ON GAME:  In The Previdi System by learning the Hunter and Helper staggered positioning, one partner always has opportunity o...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: The most important game of the match is the first game of the second set ( and the first game of the third set if you're still playing third sets). Learn to focus and win this game in every match to be a successful team. EFFECT ON GAME: If you and your partner can consistently win the first game of the second set you will learn to keep momen...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: In doubles, the most important point in a match is the point you're playing because it's the only one you can ever win. EFFECT ON GAME: As a tennis player, it's imperative that you learn to stay present and only focus on the point you're playing. Once you learn this skill you can be a consistently effective doubles team because you're not al...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: A universal problem in adult, competitive tennis is playing against, and winning against lobbers. Using The Previdi System and learning your Hunter and Helper positioning and responsibilities will help you and your partner conquer these players. EFFECT ON GAME:  Once you and your doubles partner understand that playing against lobbers requir...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: Most doubles players and teams disrespect players who lob a lot in doubles. This is because they've never been taught how to beat the lobbers and always lose to them. They feel they're superior players and can't deal with losing to people who seem so unskilled. EFFECT ON GAME: By learning the Hunter and Helper positioning and shot selection ...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: Serve and volley can be difficult against an attacking receiver because your opportunities as well as your time are limited. The three words you need to remember are; low, slow and close. Keep the ball low, slow the ball down and close in for the ball your opponent hits up. EFFECT ON GAME: If you learn how to neutralize your attacking oppone...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: If your opponent stays back on their return, you have more options than when they come in. What you do with the first volley and the position you and your partner take after that volley are determined by the type of return they hit to you. EFFECT ON GAME:  Hitting the right volley to the right spot and getting to the proper position will giv...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: Most tennis lessons are too technique based and have no substantial effect on your results in your doubles matches. In The Previdi System, we teach you how to use your shots in specific situations or "plays."  EFFECT ON GAME:  The result of learning The Previdi System way is that you will see a direct correlation between the time you spend p...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: The term "JAIL" in The Previdi System, refers to hitting your return Short, Angled and Low. Hitting your return SAL and putting your opponent in JAIL will help you control points in your doubles matches. EFFECT ON GAME:  When your doubles team is able to put your opponents in JAIL, you will limit their ability to lob, to hit passing shots an...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC:  There are only two things you can control every time you play a doubles match; conditioning and effort. These two things are interconnected as you can't put out maximum effort and focus if you aren't in great shape and physically and aren't mentally tough. EFFECT ON THE GAME:  If you work hard in the gym and at practice, you will be in grea...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: Doubles is a team sport and like any team sport, there need to be parameters for positioning and shot selection so we can work as part of the team and avoid surprises or randomness.  EFFECT ON GAME:  If you know where to be, where to hit your next shot and , most importantly, where your partner is going hit their next shot, you will become a...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None Topic:  Everyone we meet has lost to players with worse strokes than they have, yet most players spend all their time worrying about and working on their technique. Learning how to set up points is the key to better results in your doubles matches. Effect On Game:  Changing your strokes, once you've been playing for a while is an arduous and diffic...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None Topic:  The average doubles point lasts fewer than four shots. if you and your partner want to win every match you play , get great at the first two shots of a point. Effect On Game:  In The Previdi System, everything we work on is based on mastering the first two shots of every point. Serve and the second shot or return and the second shot. Shot s...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: Serve and volley is a critical part of The Previdi System . Many players have learned serve and volley incorrectly or not at all. We will teach it to you in a systematic way.  EFFECT ON GAME:  In The Previdi System you will learn how to serve and volley and to master all the situations that occur through repetition of drills, games and point...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: There are challenges we face in all points and in all matches. The way we approach these challenges will determine our success or failure when we play competitively. EFFECT ON GAME:  In The Previdi System we teach our players to learn how to problem solve by practicing situations over and over so that we recognize how to get out of difficult...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: The First Rule of Doubles is:  Keep the ball low so that your opponents are always hitting up and if you can't keep it low, lob. EFFECT ON THE GAME:  My college coach taught me that rule many years ago and it still holds up today.  ...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  2-4 players TOPIC:  There are two places where we want to hit the ball in The Previdi System in order to control play and limit our opponents options. SAL ( short, angled and low), and deep over the net players head.  EFFECT ON GAME:  When you are able to master the areas of the court where there are no opponents, especially when the server or receiver ...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  2-4 players TOPIC:  The two most important physical skills you can have in doubles are Accuracy and Consistency. EFFECT ON GAME:  In The Previdi System we work constantly on being consistent and accurate. If you have those skills in your game you will be very difficult to beat. The ability to make all of your shots and put them where you want will lead ...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None TOPIC: When we're hitting the SAL return in The Previdi System, the type of serve dictates whether we hit a slice or flat return. EFFECT ON GAME:  In The Previdi System we can control play with the SAL (short, angled and low) return. We need to choose the proper type of return ( flat or slice) in order to be consistent. On a flat , low serve we hit...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None Topic:  The most effective return of serve in The Previdi System is the SAL return. Short, angled and low. It is equally effective against servers who stay back and those who serve and volley. It minimizes the opponents ability to lob, hit aggressive passing shots and forces the volleyer to hit up with a large opening between the opposing partners. ...

Type:  TipLevel:  2.5 - 5.0Participation:  None Topic:  In The Previdi System, the doubles partners have different roles and different names. The Hunter is directly in front of the ball when it's on the opponents side and The Helper is always crosscourt from the ball. The Hunter is always closer to the net and The Helper is always farther from the net so we're in a staggered formation. EFFECT ON...