Be a Good Partner

People always choose a partner that they will win with. To improve your game, try choosing a partner you have to work at winning with. Learn how to win with a handicap.

Many of you are learning and getting better and play better when playing with a good partner. Some are just choosing the same good partners and winning easy but losing the getting better battle.When winning is the most important part of the game, you become the loser.

Ever wonder why I seemingly don’t like to play with you and you know you are a good partner–one that would make it easy for us to win together? It’s because I see you as a good player and would rather play against a good player and try to figure out how to possibly win against you. Which type of game do you think improves your game?

Improving yourself as a partner means more than being supportive and positive. To improve as a good partner your strategy should be to cause your opponents to have to play to your partner’s strengths, not their weaknesses. Make the set up shot and let your partner win the point. Making your partner successful means you’re playing well and being a quality partner.

Your Attitude Will Give you Altitude
If you walk on the court thinking that you are playing with the weaker partner and that you are going to lose, you’re are going to lose. Always be thinking that you could win. You just need to figure out how.
Think of a game plan and share it with your partner. Try to gain altitude with that plan.

If you win you will walk off the court a sure winner and if you lose you’ll have gained from the experience. One thing for sure is that we are not pros and none of us knows whether we are going to show up with our “A” game or “B” game. We all know those days you have that B game going and just can’t seem to shake it. Control what you can and enjoy the the game.