3 balls are set on the cones. The player runs to each cone, slides and hits the ball without dropping the cone.
In this drill, the player works on sliding action. The coach should tell players to run as fast as possible because it will help them to make a smooth slide. Additionally, the coach should tell players to keep the upper body straight to maintain proper balance.
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.