Players in pairs with a racket each standing roughly one metre apart (preferably with a court line between them) take turns tapping up the ball with either forehand or backhand. Taking alternate turns to simulate having a rally.
Racket Strings facing up the way to ensure ball is controlled. Players can regress to doing this solo if struggling to work in a pair. Fast Feet in between shots to work on footwork and balance. Players CAN eventually progress to rallies over the net (similar distance) if they're getting good.
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.
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