The player stands next to the ladder and jumps using only their right leg. The player jumps inside the ladder, to the right, inside the ladder, to the left. The player performs this pattern through the whole ladder.
In this drill, the player works on balance and strength of right leg. Being able to maintain balance while jumping in different directions is crucial to develop abilities that are helpful in tennis e.g strong right leg is necessary to play open-stance forehand effectively.
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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