Aim of the drill is to side step between the cones picking up the ball from one cone and side stepping with it to the opposite cone and putting it down. Whilst side stepping players can replicate a shot after picking up the ball and then side step into the middle of the cones to show the ready position, then carrying on the drill by putting the ball down on the other side.
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.
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.
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