4 players, two on each side of net.
2 players on each side of net stand at the NVZ Line, each between the center target and the outer target. using only one ball, one player starts the drill by dinking to the center target. after the initial dink, any of the four players can dink to any of the paper targets, but the goal is to try to get as close to the paper target as possible. GOAL: 20 dinks in a row for the group.
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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.
Wimbledon has just crowned another champion, and if you watched closely you saw the same thing every year: the best returners quietly won the tournament. Here is how to coach a return that pressures the server rather than just surviving it.