How can players dominate rallies? By holding their own at the centre of the court and having an array of shots to keep their opponent on the run!
No matter whether it?s dealing with a deep ball on the backhand or short ball on the forehand, this session will teach your players how to execute shots in a variety of situations from the centre of the court.
Players should be looking to take initiative from a centre ball by using their forehand as often as possible but also be able to hit with acceleration when receiving a deep ball on the backhand!
Use this session to coach complete players from the middle of the court!
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.