A hoop is set on the ad side in a standing position. Player serves from the ad side, and tries to make the ball land inside the hoop.
Serve, rally and score is a motto for teaching kids nowadays.
It is important to teach these basics of tennis as soon as possible to let kids fall in love with the sport. Serving motion is the most complex process in tennis so more emphasis should be put on placement at young age, rather than the perfect technique.
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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