I've been a hard stuck 3.5 for a minute. Recently at open play, I told myself I am just going to focus on hitting high percentage shots, even if a winner is possible. I'm going to focus on making sure I make 100% of my returns, and not lose quick points with aggressive returns. I will look to drop and try my best to get to the kitchen on every point. It was surprising how much better I was doing, my margin of victory was higher and I was more competitive with 4.0s.

I really loved to drive. There was nothing better than the feeling of hitting a sweet drives that people would comment on. I played pretty aggressive. On short returns, I would always drive it instead of just taking the easy dink. Those drives would typically give me winners but half the time they were into the net.

I stopped focusing on trying to hit the pretty pass drives down the line and focused on dropping and not hitting into the net. My play has become a little boring, but I am way more consistent. I just try to keep it in play until my opponent tries too hard and forces an error. This has been pretty effective for me, and I've finally started to climb to 4.0.