In this drill player is focused on hitting volleys in down the line direction. Coach has to put emphasis on 2 things. Firstly hitting from the service line has different goals than hitting from position close to the net. Players have to understand that the goal of the first volley is to hit it deep to get time to get closer to the net but at the same time to push opponent away from the baseline. Secondly hitting in down the line direction is more dangerous because every late shot will land outside the court. That is why players have to focus more on point of contact and avoid typical mistake of taking big backswing while preparing volleys. Cones are great tools to give players instant feedback about their placement.
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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