Doubles Tennis Tactics

224 pages published: 2004

About the Book

Be part of a winning team on the court! Doubles Tennis Tactics teaches you what positions and movements to use and what shots to make using proven patterns of play. These patterns will increase consistency, put more pressure on opponents, and result in greater success in competitions.

Developed in conjunction with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and world-renowned coach Louis Cayer, Doubles Tennis Tactics presents 103 playing patterns and drills that are most effective in specific match situations. Court positioning and movement patterns are covered for all four players—server, server’s partner, receiver, and receiver’s partner—as well as court coverage and special formations for the serving and receiving teams. Practice drills reinforce the patterns so that smart tactical decisions become automatic on every point.

Study different styles of play and learn how to choose the patterns that will accentuate your own strengths as well as those of your partner. Use Doubles Tennis Tactics to play smarter and better with a partner, and become a winning two-player team!

About the Author

Louis Cayer is known within the tennis community as one of the best doubles coaches in the world. He is the head national coach of Tennis Canada, former Canadian Davis Cup captain, a member of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) coaching committee, and the Canadian Olympic coach for the 2000 gold medal-winning men’s doubles team.

Cayer has presented his workshop on tennis doubles at ITF conferences on five continents in front of tennis federation leaders from more than 100 countries. He is responsible for the Tennis Canada Coaching Certification System. He has worked with some of the world’s highest-ranked men’s doubles players, including the 1993 number one player, Grant Connell, and 2000 Olympic gold medalists Sébastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor, the latter with a number one ranking in 2002. In 1996, players coached by Cayer were on three of the world’s top five teams.

Cayer lives in Québec, Canada. In his leisure time he enjoys walking in nature and reading on personal growth and spirituality.

Words of Praise

"Doubles Tennis Tactics teaches the correct court positioning, movement patterns, and shot selection in each situation a doubles team will encounter in a match. These tactics are exactly what a player must master to play winning doubles and mixed doubles tennis."

Paola Suarez and Virginia Ruano Pascual World #1 ranked women's doubles team

“Louis Cayer continues to provide leadership through bio-mechanics and tactics in doubles tennis at all levels of the sport. His innovative ideas and strategies are widely respected and have helped me progress to one of the worlds top players.”

Daniel Nestor Number one men’s doubles player, 2002 Men’s doubles Olympic gold medalist, 2000

"Coach Cayer helped me achieve the number one ranking in the world, and now he shares his teachings in Doubles Tennis Tactics. The patterns presented in the book worked for me and they will work for any doubles team!"

Grant Connell Canadian Davis Cup Captain Former Number one doubles player, 1993