In this drill player works on hitting backhands from different court positions. During the match player is forced to move away or to the ball to execute shots. This exercise train this ability. By performing backhands from 3 different positions player learns to use different stances and understand tactically when to play with more spin and when it is recommended to look for flat winner. At the beginning coach should throw balls in 3 different directions using set pattern. With more advanced players coach can randomly pick directions or throw more difficult balls to challenge player’s physical and technical skills needed for adaptation.
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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