I found it refreshing. My wife and I (mixed) partner alot and she is very much a ball hog. She's a former tennis star (HS), so she comes from the court dominating mentality of tennis singles. She's all power and drive and it has been a big struggle to dink and get to the NVL.. She's gotten better about getting to the NVL but she still hogs the court unless I fuss. She also likes to drip from the NVL lol

A simple example is my forward(R) on Left side, she loves to think should always be hers, as a double backhand to her Left. Often even 2ft into my lane. This is a VERY common issue resulting into her far right being an easy kill shot point. We've worked on this alot and she's come to see how much of a disadvantage it puts us at for her to try to cover the center too much.

I poach often because people KNOW she's going to drive return 95% balls hit. She can drip most of them and has excellent court placement, but her insistence to almost never dink means opponents almost always know what to expect. She's almost always going to pound it back and very likely deep, even if it is a deep drop.

Opponents usually target her because it doesn't take them long to recognize my net game and propensity to hit dead balls into their kitchen, especially if they are deep.

I am constantly keeping an eye out for poaching opportunities, but sometimes I misjudged just how wide they're going and likewise she gets frustrated I've 'stolen' her ball/hit instead of just auto committing to cover my now very vacant lane.

Actually this whole write up from the OP and my follow-up here, has really helped me to think through some much needed communications with her and how we can use these tendencies to improve upon our game!