Many players do strength training, focusing just on big muscles like chest or quadriceps. Unfortunately little things like wrists or ankles can significantly limit player’s progress when he/she gets injured. That is why it is crucial to strengthen all areas of the body. By performing a few sets of this exercise, players increase wrist strength which is really important in executing an effective slice shot.
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.