You and your partner for some reason are volleying badly and cannot get comfortable. The other team seems to be volleying well. Your trust in volley is deflated. You do have another option.
Two back is the opposite of two up. It is a defensive position that a lot of professional doubles teams are using because they might not be natural volleyers but they can hit great groundstrokes.
Here is how it works:
1. Your partner stays at the baseline with you while you serve of return.
2. You try to create a short ball you can attack by hitting the ball low or without pace.
3. Once you get the short ball, attack with a good approach shot and close in together.
4. Finish at the net. Draw the error. Or hit the winner.
The trick to this style is that you are buying yourself time. So you have to make sure that you take the time to make the shots effective. Either you blast the opponents, place the ball at their feet or go over their heads. Recently, I have seen some professional players, who are normally net rushers, use this formation during their return games.
This style is not an aggressive style and not many people teach it. But I have seen it done well and have seen matches won with it. If you lose the first set badly, don’t be afraid to get your ugly face on.
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