sometimes through the use of spin players forget how to feel the ball and instead rely on brute strength and tricky spin to win points. However, by going back to the bare bones you can get your players working on their kinesthesis once again.
Kinesthesis is the technical term for feeling a movement through your muscles, every player has experienced it. Kinesthesis is how your players will instantly know whether they've hit a winner before the ball has even fully left the strings of their racket.
We begin this session with a speedy Gonzales warm up, followed by a small court game, with both players involved working inside their service box. Working within this limited space players can only win the point through use of deft touch, lobs and drop shots - absolutely no power shots or spinners are allowed! Log in now to use this session with your players today which also includes a great game of tennis table-tennis!
Whatever your players' ability take them back to the beginning and get them feeling the ball again!
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.
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