In this drill player works on consistency and footwork at the same time. By running around the cone player improves speed, strength, endurance and proper focus. Many players are able to be consistent when they are not tired but real tennis demands from players to be able to play well especially at the end of the second or third second. Inability to maintain high quality of backhand while being tired can cost players lost matches because they will lose deciding points in the final set.
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.