The coach serves wide from the deuce side. Player hits forehand return cross-court. The player and coach rally together using only forehands cross-court.
While working with better players on serve or return, it is important to combine these strokes with the next shots. Rarely a tennis point is finished after the one shot, so the players are forced to react and make proper decisions after they deliver the serve or respond with return.
In this drill, the player works on return and consistency. After the return, the player keeps the rally as long as possible. Next shots after the return demand the player to recover and react after their respond to the serve.
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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