Players rally together. Player has to say "bounce" when the ball bounces on their side and say "hit" when they make contact with the ball.
Ball perception is a basic skill that can change a low level player into a successful athlete. Focusing completely on the ball is an ability that has to be practised regularly. In this specific drill, the player has to track the ball all the time which improves focus, ball perception, reaction and rhythm. Top players use this technique to find better rhythm while playing on different surfaces (e.g switching from clay to hard court).
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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