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Hi Sina,
This is common. Most people get nervous in tight parts of the match.
The idea is to try to control yourself at thee times. I find a deep breath will help. You need to stop focusing on the future at this time. We start to worry about what might happen. We might lose, or miss a shot or whatever it is in the future that we worry about.
Try to remain thinking in the present. This is a difficult skill to master. The two smashes that you missed at 10 -8 were probably as a result of getting nervous. When we get nervous our body doesn't operate as well and we can make what seem to be easy mistakes.
The same has probably happened when the coach objected about your serve. You became too psyched up. Again you need to take a few second to calm yourself down in this situation.
Regarding the tactics that you use with short serving, keep using it. t is a very sound tactic and should be used most of the time. Especially if you have a strong topsin against backspin, you should try to serve short 90% of the time and wait for your opponent to push the ball long to you and then use your strong topspin.
I hope this all helps.
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