3 cones are set behind the player. The player then takes one ball and using their left leg jumps back and places the ball on the cone. The player quickly recovers back and repeats this action for the other cones.
In this drill, the player works on balance and strength of the left leg. The left leg plays a crucial role in recovery action after the serve so players have to perform specific drills to improve abilities of this leg. Performing hundreds of serves during the practice session can result in an injury if the player doesn't strengthen the working leg so implementing simple exercises at the beginning of the practice is a good method to prevent possible hurts.
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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