Beach Training

This is another variation on the “pepper” that involves three players and quite a lot of running For that reason, it’s a very good warm up. The diagrams below show how it works. Start with player 1 and 2 next to each other at one end, and player 3 opposite at the other end. Step [...]

Here is a simple drill to train your jump serve. Draw a line about two thirds of the way back in the court and use that as your service line. Practice jump serving from this reduced distance. You should find that you can hit it harder, with more angles. Work on the short cross court [...]

This is a simple warm up drill that makes warming up a little more interesting and is good practice for basic skills.

As mentioned previously, our two main focuses in the short term are 1: to improve our biggest weakness; Setting, and 2: to improve our greatest strength; Serving. Training on Saturday started with a simple setting drill. Facing each other across the net, Andy and set the ball to each other, moving along the net. Down [...]