22/07/2026
Coaching Corner: Clutch moments 🧠
A set and 7-10 down, couple match points saved and not much luck going our way… You know when experience shines through✨
Ryan Morris has played hundreds of matches and the way he managed these high pressure moments was a Masterclass - I was lucky to have a front row seat 🍿
I want to illustrate how a game can turn on its head after a few clutch points 🧊
🔴 8-10 (1): Survive, the odds for us to win the point after getting pushed back and attacked is 10% but all those reset reps in practice allowed us to get one more ball back. Not only did we reset many balls, moving into transition when the opportunity arose forced the error - A bit of gamesmanship with the big out point so they knew they missed it 🤭
🟠 10-10 (2): Bide your time, wait for the opportunity to attack. This is where all the matches Ryan has played come into play. Many players would panic forcing a speed-up or over playing a ball but Ryan understood the moment waiting until a ball was over net height before a calculated attack to get our serve back.
🟢 10-10 (1): With the opportunity to score and go ahead in the set we wanted to apply pressure. Wanting to win the point rather than hoping our opponents would miss was the mantra. It could of been seen as reckless but we had momentum so we wanted to make our presence felt 🦁
We ended up securing the set and came strong in the third to win gold 🥇
Regardless of the result you learn so much from these moments and for us players who cannot play as many events as Ryan it is more important to use every time on court as a learning opportunity.
Thanks for the free lesson mate 👏
