A great practice to try with a friend or with your coach - make a note of the coaching note.

Instruction:

1. Set up a court as illustrated using three different coloured markers to indicate tee, body and wide serves the server should mix up these three serves. Place corresponding colours in the appropriate return areas.

2. A wide serve should be hit back cross court, taking advantage of the angle created by the serve(green target).

3. Hit the down the tee serves(red) down the line, running the ball away from your opponent’s backhand [as illustrated]. A  body serve(yellow) can be directed deep down the middle, neutralising the server’s advantage.

4. Once players have spent time on the forehand court move to the backhand court following the same principles.

5. Change server and return player.

Coaching Notes:

Begin by just emphasising the serve and return. After players have achieved some success with the drill play the rally out and build the point from the serve and return.

Good game to play is the server gets to play 10 points serving to the green zone and wins the point if the receiver fails to return back to the green zone(you can divide the servers side into 3 equal zones).

If the receiver returns into the correct green zone, then they score the point.

No double faults, so both players get to hit a lot of balls.

The try 10 points to the yellow and then red zone.If you do not have coloured targets just divide the service box into 3 equal zones using string or tape.

Keep the score at both ends - so after 10 points to the red zone it may be 10-0/8-2/6-4 etc.