Poaching In Doubles - 10 Reasons To Try It

Poaching is the art of intercepting a ball that is not necessarily on your half of the court and placing it for a winner.

It’s fun
It takes pressure off your partner
It places pressure on the other team
It forces your opponents into hitting low-percentage shots
It’s much more aerobic than just standing there
It causes your opponent to hesitate from hitting their standard cross-court returns
The few shots you let go down your alley cannot compare to the 80 percent of the shots which go cross-court
You can poach off many shots, not just off of serve returns
You become a legal visual distraction to your opponents
You can fake a poach and be just as effective.

So just go out there and try it!