This session covers controlling the direction and contact point of the backhand, then working on consistent hitting towards one side of the court before opening the rally up by hitting cross court.
We also look at the most important part of the rally, the serve and return. Getting the serve and return spot on, will put you in a position to be winning the point.
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.