· Start the rally, by feeding or hitting a cooperative forehand crosscourt to begin a continues rally · The target; both players must aim exclusively into the diagonal service box to baseline crosscourt channel · The focus: Players use a modern âwindshield wiperâ follow-through over the shoulder, focusing on bending the knees and staying low during contact · Pause Rule; Once the player hits the ball, they have to freeze for about 2 seconds, in the position their body is in. Once they count to two they recover back into the ready position Goal: trying to achieve 10 successful hits in a row, then switch to back hands
To make the exercise more fun, make the net act like the âriverâ, and tell your players that they need to pass the ball back and forth 10 times in a row without a mistake and each time they hit it over the river(net) they successfully âcrossed the riverâ. However, each time they ball hits the net, they âfall in the riverâ and their score gets reset to zero. Once they have successfully done it on forehands, move to back hands.
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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.
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