In this drill player works on offensive mindset while hitting backhands. By staying inside the court player hits the ball earlier so the opponent has less time for reaction. Additionally, player learns how to hit the balls on the rise or with half-volley to not move backhand against deeper balls. These skills will allow to be more offensive during the match and put more pressure on the opponent to force mistakes.
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.
Wimbledon has just crowned another champion, and if you watched closely you saw the same thing every year: the best returners quietly won the tournament. Here is how to coach a return that pressures the server rather than just surviving it.
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