The coach feeds balls from the basket. The first one the player hits a forehand cross court, before running to the other side and hitting a forehand inside out. The final shot is from the other side and is a winner down the line.
Many players practice running around the backhand to win the point but they don't spend enough time on improving skills that are responsible for responding to the shots that are played to the open area (forehand side). Hitting inside out or inside in forehand is a great weapon to win the point but many times we can be pushed to the challenging situation while opening the right side of the court. Combining forehand from the backhand side and running forehand is a necessity to learn how to successfully build the game around our weapons.
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.