Dribbling is a big part of football, whether wingers are running with the ball or defenders are carrying it out of defence. It's important for players to have control and balance when dribbling, to avoid giving the ball away.
By following these drills and videos, confidence and skill whilst running with the ball will develop. The fun games and races below will improve control and encourage your players to use both feet; it's not scary if they practice!
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.
Wimbledon has just crowned another champion, and if you watched closely you saw the same thing every year: the best returners quietly won the tournament. Here is how to coach a return that pressures the server rather than just surviving it.