The player performs high knees over the cone. Pattern includes 3 steps on the right side and 3 steps on the left side of the cone.
In this drill, the player works on speed, coordination and power. Coach should look for fluid movement as also remind players to bring knees as high as they can. Players tend to lower the knees at the end of the exercise when they are tired.
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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