Players volley co-operatively to each other but with their non racket hand behind their back at all times.
For larger groups this drill can be done in groups of four players with one ball moved around between the 2 pairs.
This drill helps players to turn their shoulders on the volley, rather than just their arms, and for players with double handed backhands to develop the one handed backhand volley.
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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