
4 players. 1 basket Yellow balls. Coach feeds 2 balls to BH corner after player does figure of 8 footwork cones to BH. 2 shots into targets for 1pt. 1st 2 players to 4pts wins.
Good sidestepping and snake cones footwork to get into position to hit BH DTL. Keep balance and racket in position to hit shot well.
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.