
1. Players form four teams in a relay formation each corner of the court. Place four cones in each corner of the court. 2. On the signal, players run around the outside of the boundary of the court, each returning to their starting position. 3. Tag the next player in line and repeat the circuit. 4. Relay is complete when each player runs and all are seated in their alley. OBJECTIVES: 1. Improve speed and endurance.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
Indoor courts give players less time and less room. Help them sharpen their split step, shorten their swing and stay calm, and winter becomes a season of real progress.
A tiebreak is a short sprint where every point is worth the same as a break of serve. The players who win them are rarely the ones who hit hardest. Here is how to coach the patterns, habits and scoreboard thinking that win the big points.
Most club players practise the serve on its own and then have no idea what to do with the ball that comes back. Serve plus one is the pattern that turns a good serve into a won point.