Resistance band is attached behind the player. The player keeps the handle in right hand, with their elbow at a 90 degrees angle and moves resistance band down without moving their elbow.
Injury prevention is important to play tennis safely for many years. Shoulder muscle and internal rotator are under constant pressure so that is why a lot of players have injuries in this area. By performing specific exercises, the player can increase flexibility in shoulder and reduce possibility to have a forced break from tennis. In this drill, it is important to work only with shoulder so elbow shouldn't move through the entire exercise. The coach should make sure that players do this exercise on a regular basis.
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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