
Coach or another player feeds the ball in and the player must hit the ball back and it must land in court if the player misses the ball or it goes out that player must go to the other side of the net and try and catch a ball to then return to carry on returning the ball
Make the feeds harder change the rules on catching two bounces,one bounce then no bounce
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.