SETUP: Teams of four players, numbered one to four, with one racquet per team. MISSION: Players take turns rallying against another team and giving the racquet to the next player. The team that wins the last ball of each rally wins one point and starts the next rally. Teach regular scoring as play (1,2,3,4) and play four-game sets.
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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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