Stop Coaching Doubles as Isolated Shots

Serve practice. Then return practice. Then volleys. Then maybe some points at the end. We’ve practised all the important doubles shots. But have we actually practised doubles? The problem isn’t necessarily the shots we’re practising. It’s what we’ve removed between them. The serve changes the return. The return changes ball three. Ball three changes ball four. And every action changes what the other three players can do next. 3 Coaching Ideas Keep the information between shots. A serve isn’t...