Starting with a feed to either forehand or backhand at random players play their first shot down the line after which the players can play out the point.
No lobs allowed.
Encourage both players to maintain a low stance for improved balance and movement.
Volley should keep the racket head out in front all the time, not swing back and make contact in front of the body.
The baseliner should have enough net clearance if when attempting down the line passing.Alternatively short angled cross court passes can also be trained.
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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