The player lays down on the gymnastic mat with one leg bent and the other straight in the air. The player then pushes their hips up and recovers to the starting position.
Glutes and hamstrings are important muscles that are responsible for injury-free deacceleration. Players perform hundreds of start-and-stop actions during the match so the body has to be prepared for these requirements. Strengthening front and back legs' muscles will also make player faster and stronger so quality of his game will improve.
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.
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