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NAYSI Activity Tip
December 5, 2003
No. 12
Ghost Doubles (tennis)
Looking for a way to expand the game skills of young tennis players. Introduce them to the serve and volley game. Divide the court down the middle from baseline to baseline with an imaginary center line. Ghost doubles mandates that players serve and charge the net on every serve, first and second serves. Use the full court but play only in diagonally opposite service courts as with ghost partners. After the serve, use the doubles court alley. Use regular scoring or any tie breaker scoring system.
For variety, experiment with the same serve and volley format but use only one half of the doubles court, rather than diagonally opposite service courts.
Source: Ed Krass, director of the College Tennis Academy
