Coach feeds balls to one side. Player hits 6 volleys in a particular pattern: 2 deep, 2 average, 2 short.
Control is more important than power. Most of the time, players will be using opponent's speed to hit the volley so necessity for any net player is to learn how to control the ball. Being inside the service line means that we can win the point by varying directions, speed or depths. Key to win the point is to hit short volley when the opponent is behind the baseline or deep volley where the rival is inside the baseline.
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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