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ABP. A-Always, B-Be, P-Playing. Always be playing. ALWAYS BE PLAYING.
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A TTDer posted:
I disagreed with the 'always' part of the tip and replied:
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So yeah, HTH!
[begin Alec Baldwin voice]
ABP. A-Always, B-Be, P-Playing. Always be playing. ALWAYS BE PLAYING.
[/end voice]
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A TTDer posted:
Tip: to improve your game, always try to play against higher level players.
I disagreed with the 'always' part of the tip and replied:
OldschoolPenholder said:I agree but disagree somewhat with this tip. I feel it is only 1/3 of the Path to Self-perfection. To improve your game, play against ALL levels of players!
You play the higher-level players to find your Weaknesses. You play them to get a sense of how they go about setting up to play their Winning shots. You play them with your higher-percentage shots which generally should be returned by them, which forces you to up your Game/Skill from a one-shot to continue to be steady/rally.
You play lower-level players to work your Game, to work your higher-percentage shots be it serves or the Rambo FH loop, etc. You also play them to learn to probe/see Weaknesses in your partner's Game and learn to exploit them.
Last but not least, you play same-level-as-you players ... your peers/equals. This will provide feedback to see if your Game works. At times, as you play your equals, they may play like a higher-level player and at times they will play as lower-level players... this will give you feedback on what you are doing right or wrong and how to go about winning the point.
Play anyone regardless of level. But have a basic idea of their level and look to work different aspects of your Game accordingly.
HTH.
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So yeah, HTH!