Each player has 2 racquets and the players rally together. Each player has to catch the ball between the racquets before the ball is hit back.
Coordination and ball perception are 2 crucial skills that are responsible for players development's pace. If the players focus entirely on racquet skills, it is impossible that they are going to play really well in the future. Incorporating specific drills that are based on different physical abilities will have a positive impact on young players learning path.
In this drill, players work on coordination and ball perception. To catch the ball, players have to see where the ball is going and properly position themselves. This simple exercise will not only develop visual abilities but it will also create a better sense of proper positioning before the shot that is necessary when the kids are progressing to the regular court and balls.
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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