Beating a Lefty
There's one player in your kid's section they can't beat. They're left-handed.You've watched this match before. Your player plays fine all week — solid serve, decent patterns, coach is happy. Then they draw the left-hander, and by 1–4 you can see it on their face. Nothing's working. They come off the court and say "I don't know, they were just better."They weren't better.Your player was in a match where every pattern they've been taught points at the wrong target — and nobody told them.Here's the one that costs the most. Every junior in the world is taught that on a big point in the ad court, you serve out wide to the backhand. Against a right-hander, that's correct. Against a lefty, that exact serve goes straight to their forehand — the biggest shot on their side of the net, on break point. Your player has been coached, correctly, into hitting the worst possible serve at the worst possible moment, and they have no idea it's happening.That's one of about forty things that reverse when the opponent holds the racquet in the other hand. Serve targets. Rally diagonals. Which side to approach to. Which shoulder to lob over.Nobody teaches this. There aren't enough lefties in a section to build a lesson plan around — but there are exactly enough to wreck a season.50 situations, each one mapped on a court diagram, that walk your player through the reversed geometry until it's automatic: Break point down in the ad court. Where does the serve go? You're stuck in a backhand crosscourt rally and it's feeding their forehand. How do you get out? They've lobbed you. Which shoulder do you go over? You won the first set attacking their backhand. Now they're running around it. What's the counter? What's inside: Serving to a lefty (11) · Returning a lefty's serve (11) · Rally patterns (12) · Net & transition (6) · Defence & reset (4) · Score & match (6) Every card has a full court diagram — where both players are, where the ball is, where each option lands 32 "Pick Your Shot" cards with three options, 18 "Read The Situation" cards, open-ended A complete answer key with the best play, the reasoning, and the named tool Cards 1–25 fix the mirror. Cards 26–50 use it under pressure — opponents who adapt, break points, serving for the match Who this is for: a right-handed player, roughly U12–U14, who plays sanctioned tournaments and has lost to a left-hander without being able to explain why.Who it isn't for: beginners, anyone looking for technique or drills, and left-handed players — this is written from the right-hander's side of the net.30 days, no questions. Work through it with your player. If it doesn't change how they see a match, email me and I'll refund you. Keep the PDF.Print-friendly PDF. Instant download. Yours forever. No app, no subscription, no login.
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