The coach is in front of the player, who stands on the right leg. The coach points direction with the arm, and the player jumps in a given direction on the right leg.
In this drill, player works on strength and balance at the same time. Repetitive jumps on one leg check players' ability to maintain high level of movement even whilst being tired. This drill helps to improve forehand open stance groundstroke, backhand close stance groundstroke and backhand volley.
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.
Register for FREE and get coaching tips, top drills, session and more every week!
