Players rally up and down the middle of the court cooperatively.
They must try and hit as many contacts as they can within a timed one minute period, regardless of whether the ball goes out or in the net.
This one minute period is repeated 5 times with 1 minute in between each repetition for players to recover and collect balls ready for the next working slot.
This drill should be performed at the highest intensity possible.
Players should be left to work out the best way to acheive the highest number of hits in the 1 minute period, hopefully adapting to take the ball early and hitting hard with control.
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.