u/Firefox_1st

I am a 15 years old male tennis player, I've been playing for a few years.

I don't consider myself no more as a beginner. , I can serve well, target where I want to serve and serve flat or with a slice effect, I have a good backhand and a good forehand but a terrible slice and forehand dropshot. I hit most of the time flat, I have a good court coverage but a terrible stamina.

I've played a match on saturday against a 16 yo player and I've lost 6-3 6-4. I didn't play that bad technically, but I feel like I am really bad strategically and he just outsmarted me in that match. I didn't know when I should attack, when I should come to the net, when I should return earlier, how to make him uncomfortable...

I was very passive in my game because I couldn't find a way to do anything. I've tried to hit harder, down the line, to play as long as possible, but I could'nt stop struggling and make him miss consistently.

I don't know why but even if I try to come at the net I'm still bad there and can't finish the points easily.

Maybe I should return differently, try to do something else, I genuily don't know and have no solutions. I'll see my coach on wednesday but I wanted some advice from you before.

You can ask me questions, i'll answer them, thank you for helping me