In this drill player works on regular volleys and half-volleys. Regular volley shouldn’t be a problem for intermediate player to control but half-volley can create a lot of pressure for net player. Coach should teach player to bend knees, maintain low position and lower the racquet to contact the ball right after the bounce. These technical adaptations are crucial to effectively respond to ball placed right in front of the player. From the tactical perspective players should focus on depth and control to make sure that they don’t miss this ball.
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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