Coach serves from the deuce side to the T. Player hits backhand deep return cross court and comes to the net. Coach feeds the next ball to the deuce side. Player finishes with forehand deep volley cross court.
Building patterns is the most important thing for any player. You need some weapons to win the points and patterns are these kind of weapons. Make sure that your players have shots that they can use consistenly over and over again. Tennis is a decision game but if we leave decisions for the last second, we can finish poorly.
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