Player stands on balance platforms. Player imitates groundstrokes without stepping on the court.
In this drill player works on balance. Balance platforms are great to improve player's body perception because he/she has to learn how to distribute the body weight to maintain stable position. Imitating groundstrokes challenges players to maintain stability while being in a dynamic situation.
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.
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