What's the difference between tennis strategy and tennis tactics?

What's the difference between tennis strategy and tennis tactics?

Examples tell the story in the online lesson Tennis Doubles Tactics at the main website. (This information applies as much to singles as doubles.)

Understanding the difference between tactics and strategy is crucial. Many tennis players have no strategy, simply because they don't know what strategy is.

Others shoot themselves in the foot by using tactics that are counterproductive under the strategy they are using.

Though this lack of understanding causes more problems in doubles than singles, it is important in both the games of tennis.

Consequently you hear people confusing mere goals - keys they perceive to success in a particular match - as their "strategy" for that match. For example, you hear them say things like, "My strategy is to hold all my service games and break serve early in each set."

Fine. That may be the key to winning this particular match. If you think it is, by all means set that goal and try to achieve it.

But it ain't a strategy. (It ain't even tactics.)

So, what then IS your strategy?

Read more.

Technorati Tags: tennis tennis instruction