Flexibility and strengths of legs are crucial factors that many times decide about quality of net play. Being at the net creates good opportunity to finish the point earlier but it also forces player to show good physical preparation. Flexibility is important while playing low volleys and strength is necessary to be able to play with good wide stance. This exercise improves both these areas so players should do it regularly to get ready for what is needed on the court.
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.