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baseline?
Whether
you
are
nine
years
old
or
fifty
years
old,
you
must
always
consider
the
tactical
implications
of
your
shots.
That
is
especially
true
of
the
cross-court
shot.
Will
it
always
be
a
winner?
Absolutely
not.
But
you
need
to
use
this
shot
as
a
transition
either
to
the
net
or
to
another
more
favorable
position.

Just
look
at
players
like
Roger
Federer
and
Maria
Sharapova.
They
hit
a
great
many
crosscourt
shots,
but
they
are
not
all
winners.
Instead,
they
use
those
shots
to
set
up
the
rally
to
their
favor.

Don’t
just
hit
the
ball
without
thinking
about
it.
Every
shot
has
a
tactical
meaning
behind
it,
and

if
you
can
fully
embrace
that,
you
will
make
fewer
mistakes
because
you
know
where
you
are
going
with
the
rally.