The coach and player rally together from the advantage side. The player's goal is to open the court with the angle shot.
After a successful rally with the backhand angle, the coach then hits an easy ball to let the player finish with a down the line drive.
The most basic tactic in tennis is to hit the ball to the open space. Playing against a decent opponent will force us to create an open space by generating good angle shots. In this drill, the player rallies with the coach and tries to open the court while using backhand angle shot. After hitting a good angle, the coach responds with a weak shot to let the player finish with a backhand down the line.
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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