When most players hear the word fitness often their hearts will sink, but not all fitness sessions have to be painful! By making all the drills in this session rounders related you can keep your players motivated and engaged throughout as they can instantly see the direct benefit of completing these fielding specific skills.
The fitter a player is, the better they can consistently perform skills and continue to concentrate (something that needs to be emphasised to even the most reluctant of players)! Make sure your players fit and ready!
Final thought: Games are often won by small margins, it's the small 1-2% improvements that can make all the difference!
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.