Player jumps forward on right leg. On the service line, player changes direction and jumps sideways on the left leg. On the sideline, player changes the leg and jumps on right backward. On the baseline, player jumps to the right on left leg.
This warming up exercise is a good tool to prepare all body (lower and upper) for intense practice as also to work on strength, endurance, balance and coordination.
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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