127 What to Talk About with Your Tennis Doubles Partner

Does it drive you crazy to see your doubles opponents strategizing between points? It drives me crazy. Even if I’m 99% sure that they’re talking about where to go for lunch after the match, I’m not 100% sure so I can’t help but wonder. Are they changing tactics? Have they spotted some weakness? Is one player telling the other to go down the line because I’ve let one too many of those shots go by?

If my opponents start talking to each other, I can think of all kinds of things they MIGHT be talking about. It doesn’t matter whether I’m right or not – just thinking about it is enough to unnerve me. And if I’m thinking about them, I’m probably not thinking about my partner and what we should be doing to win the next point or the game or the match.

So how do you deal with these chatty, strategizing opponents? The answer is – you don’t. Because they’re only doing what’s right. When playing doubles, YOU should be a chatty, strategizing opponent. You should be communicating with your partner after virtually every point. That’s what the pros do. In fact, Venus Williams says its “clueless” not to be talking that often. So that’s what you should do too.

Even if you’re not a brilliant tennis tactician, there are plenty of things you can be talking about to your partner between points. In this episode of Tennis Quick Tips, I'll give you a great list of things to discuss with your partner so that you can become the chatty, strategizing opponent everyone dreads.   GET THE SHOW NOTES: Hi, it's Kim! Thanks for listening! You can leave me your comments or suggestions by going to the show notes for this episode and leaving a comment at the bottom of the page. Those show notes also include an edited transcript, links to resources and tons of other tennis info. You can find them at: http://tennisfixation.com/quicktips127 GET MY FREE EBOOK: If you're interested in getting my very best tips on how to "fix" your serve, I've put them all together in an ebook that you can get for free.  It's called "!0 Quick Fixes to Improve Your Serve: No Lessons Required" and you can get instant access here: http://tennisfixation.com/freeservebook MORE TENNIS FIXATION INFO: If you enjoy this show, I hope you'll subscribe and download a bunch of the episodes. And I would be so grateful if you would take just a minute or two to review this show on iTunes. You can easily do it on your computer but you can also do it on your phone by searching for the "tennis quick tips" in the Podcast app, clicking on the Tennis Quick Tips artwork, and then clicking on "Reviews" (it's easier than it sounds!).  I would love to highlight reviews on the podcast so if you leave one, listen in for me to read it! And thanks in advance for doing that! CONNECT WITH ME! You can find me and get more of my tennis stuff in all of these places: My Tennis Fixation website: http://tennisfixation.com My Tennis Mini-Courses website: http://www.tennisminicourses.com My Amazon book: Real Tennis Tips For Real Tennis Players at http://tennisfixation.com/tipsbook My Facebook: www.facebook.com/TennisFixation My Instagram: @TennisFixation My Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/TennisFixation My Twitter: @TennisFixation My Periscope: Kim - @Tennis Fix