Hey Casper! That’s great to hear, it’s always nice to hear when we’ve managed to help players 🙂 Ok so first off it sounds like you and your team mates styles will be a good combination with you being an attacking forehand player and him being a blocker, you should compliment each other well! So tactics in doubles are more tricky because you are always following up after a shot from your team mate, but the key things are to be solid in the game and do the basics really well. A lot of players in doubles tend to go for to much to early and make a lot of mistakes, so making sure you do the basics well, like short serves so the opponents can’t get an easy attack, or good quality returns and not missing to many open up shots.
I would say always think about the next shot and how this works for your team mate, so for example if he is a very good blocker playing a long push for you is not so bad because even if they attack he can block well and then you can try to get your forehand in. However when he is returning serves it would be better for him to try to play the ball short to try to get the opponents to push long so you can make the first attack. I hope this makes sense.
Also in doubles placement is so important, so playing right into the position where the opponent just played their shot from is great because the have to move quickly out of each others way. or of course just making them move in general like you said because being in position for the shot is one of the hardest things in doubles. A good way to control this area is trying to keep close to the table and not drop off because then things get much more difficult.
The last thing I would say for doubles is just to practice as much as you can together to get comfortable and then you will find the combinations that work for you, like the serves to set each other up and get your movement right etc. Hopefully these tips will help! Let us know how you’re getting on and if you need any more advice on this!
Thanks, Tom
