"Depth is King" were the famous words once said by Michael Chang, the former US professional who was the youngest ever player to win a Grand Slam title, winning the French Open in 1989 at the tender age of 17.
By playing consistently with depth your players will be able to keep their opponent on the back foot.
Michael Chang was famous not only for winning a Grand Slam at such a young age but also for his Counterpunching. What this means is that he was able to retrieve and return all manner of shots, even when it seemed impossible - in doing so he battled hard, hit balls back from all areas of the court and won many matches in the process.
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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