The ability to switch from neutral shots to offensive ones is crucial to put pressure on the opponent and win more points. Players who are able to be consistent and use opportunities to step inside the baseline are much more difficult to beat.
What's in the Session?
Tennis is a game of reactions. We can predict the type of the shot that the opponent tends to hit but we can never be sure where the ball will land. That is why we start this session by pushing the players to react as quickly as possible to hit shots. The drills are focused on quick footwork and movement to get into a good position to hit the ball.
This is then progressed into rallying before finally looking at ending the rally with a winner!
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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