Players stand opposite each other across the net, halfway between the service line and the net.
They must gently tap the ball over the net using a little slice, both off the forehand and the backhand, cutting under the ball gently as if playing a dropshot.
The drill can last for 5 minutes or so until players have begun to 'feel' the ball under maximum control.
Players should look to 'hold' the ball on the strings as long as possible and look to be balanced at all times as they are not under pressure at all here.
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.
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