Beginner training plan
Your first lesson-Introduction to scoring, court lines, rules, etc.
-Grip and Stance: work on continental grip, proper footwork when hitting different shots.
-Dinking basics: go over non-volley zone (kitchen). Explain dinking, practice dinking back and forth trying to get to 5-10 consistent dinks.
-Serves: I will teach the proper serve technique and we will drill the serve focusing on consistency and placement.
-Mini game: at the end we will play a mini game putting together everything you learned.
Lesson 11+-Advanced skill work. Offensive strategies working on aiming for sidelines and proper timing for doing so as well as attacking short balls. Drilling to simulate fast-paced rallies.
-Defensive strategies: work on resetting hard shots into the kitchen. Working on developing fast hands for hands battles at the kitchen like.
-Doubles strategies: work on teamwork and communication and transitioning effectively after serving.
-Match play: match play with coaching and feedback. Video feedback available as well.
Lesson 4-10-Warm up: dinking
-Third shot drops: explaining the reason for the 3rd shot drop. Showing the technique of the third shot drop. Drill the third shot drop.
-Groundstrokes and Drives: Introducing the technique for a forehand and backhand drive and then drilling the forehand and backhand drive.
- Defensive skills: Practice resetting and blocking from the midcourt.
-Team play and court coverage: learn positioning and communication for doubles. Drill simulated doubles rallies focusing on court coverage.
-Game play: play games to put everything together.
Lesson 2-3We will focus on building core skills. Here is an example of lessons 2-3:
Skill development: dinking progressions, playing mini games with dinking adding more movement to dinking. Serve and Return: Practice serves (focusing on depth and accuracy) practice consistent returns with an emphasis on pushing opponents back. Volleys: learning proper volley technique, drilling volleys with mini games.
Mini games: putting together everything learned in the lesson with a couple mini games.
