The player stands on the balance platform close to the wall and keeps medicine ball in hands. The player performs front throws as fast as possible to develop strength and power of upper body.
Strength and power are dominant physical skills that we see among top players. Proper physical practice gives advantage on the court as well as reduces chances to have injuries by players. While playing against moonballers, players have to be ready to play longer points and hit more shots over the shoulder so this exercise is designed to make sure that the player is able to continue strategy for the entire length of the match without decrease in quality.
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.