What's the best way to decide on contenders for a doubles team?

What's the best way to decide on contenders for a doubles team?

Please can you describe the most effective way of deciding on the best doubles trialists at a club. Perhaps you could do an article on the clearest way of deciding on contenders for a doubles team.

I've heard of one method only %3A you play 4 members of the squad at a time ; get them to play 2 sets, getting the 2 stronger players to swap sides after the first set, and totalling the aggregate scores after those 2 sets in order to rank the players in order of doubles skill...

Any better ideas?

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Sportplan TeamAdministrator, United Kingdom

Hi Rick,

We put this question out on our Facebook page to see what other coaches had to say and one coach recommended that it is a good idea to have a left hander and right hander combination in a team.

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Sportplan TeamAdministrator, United Kingdom

Hi Rick,

We put this question out on our Facebook page to see what other coaches had to say and one coach recommended that it is a good idea to have a left hander and right hander combination in a team.

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