Tips and Tricks with Carl Danner: How To Learn From a Defender
World class defenders have always had good attacks. A little joke we used to make was that lesser opponents had to play well to force them to chop at all. But today’s modern defenders have taken their aggressive play to a new level. Attacking players can learn a great deal from watching top defensive stars. […]
Tips and Tricks with Carl Danner: Improvement Keys for Attackers
Players with attacking styles often reach a plateau at about an 1800-2000 rating, a fairly advanced level where they may have most of the strokes but little success against stronger players. From this point on, further advancement tends to depend on three areas in which higher-rated players tend to shine: 1. Better touch shots Higher-rated […]
