{"id":7844,"date":"2016-09-20T16:37:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T16:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.playyourcourt.com\/?p=7844"},"modified":"2016-09-22T15:26:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T15:26:25","slug":"tennis-tips-how-to-beat-a-pusher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playyourcourt.com\/news\/improve\/tennis-tips-beat-a-pusher","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Tips &#8211; How To Beat A Pusher"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tennis Tips<\/h2>\n<h3>How To Beat A Pusher<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tpnjWlfZKes\" target=\"_blank\">Learn how to beat a pusher<\/a> with this quick video from our founder and professional tennis coach Scott Baxter!<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tpnjWlfZKes\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<!-- Shortcode is missing \"name\" attribute -->\n<p>The very first thing to understand is how a pusher plays: a pusher is somebody that gets the ball back in the court and allows you to beat yourself. That&#8217;s why they&#8217;re so frustrating to play against&#8211;most of us are very capable of beating ourselves if given enough time.<\/p>\n<p>Pushers bring out the weaknesses in our game and force us to go for shots we&#8217;re not comfortable with. By the nature of the way they play, pushers don&#8217;t like to hit winners.<\/p>\n<p>So what does that mean for you? Well, you&#8217;re playing somebody who&#8217;s never going to do a ton of damage to you. <strong>That means you get unlimited opportunities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To beat a pusher you need to:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Be patient. Find your opportunities to attack. Don&#8217;t go for aggressive winners when you&#8217;re at a position or just because you&#8217;re getting impatient, really wait to find the shot that you know you&#8217;re comfortable going after.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Try to work your way to the net. Then you&#8217;re putting them in an uncomfortable situation, forcing them to hit a passing shot or a winner which is something you know they don&#8217;t like to do.<\/p>\n<p>Using these techniques, you will find that you&#8217;re getting a lot of easy volleys to win the point.<\/p>\n<p>For an in-depth demonstration check out the video above!<\/p>\n<!-- Shortcode is missing \"name\" attribute -->\n<!-- Shortcode [article_banner_1] does not match the conditions -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Tips How To Beat A Pusher Learn how to beat a pusher with this quick video from our founder and professional tennis coach Scott Baxter! 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