Coach, 3 players, basket of tennis balls.
Players form a triangle across the service boxes.
Coach delivers 3 feeds for player 1 to play a forehand volley, player 2 a short forehand, and player 3 a backhand volley.
Players then rotate, 1 - 2, 2 - 3, 3 - 1, and the drill is repeated.
The drill is continuous.
This is a fast drill and the players need to keep up their work intensity.
Players to concentrate on the ball that they are receiving, and not be distracted by what is happening around them.
Quick feet to get to next position.
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.