Players rally together using cross court shots. One player executes a drop shot down the line when there is an easier ball.
Players hit a lot of drop shots when they play on clay courts but they refuse to use this weapon when they have to play on hard courts. Jerzy Janowicz and Agnieszka Radwanska are great examples to show that the surface doesn't matter if you know how to execute this 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.