Type: Singles Category: Service return
Levels: Advanced beginner or above Time: 30 minutes (three 8½-minute sessions with 90-second changeover in between)
Description and goals:
Serve and return drill using singles court.
Organization:
Returner on one side, servers on the other. Server hits a first serve. If the serve is in, the point is played out. If the serve is a fault server then serves a second serve and plays out the point. Servers alternate. All serves are made in the deuce court. After four minutes returner moves from deuce to ad court and play continues. All players take a 90-second changeover and players rotate positions. Initial set-up with two changeovers allows for all players to serve twice and receive once.
Key points:
Servers should focus on one of three target areas (wide, into the body, up the center service line) while returner should focus on returning over the center strap and deep. As player's ability level increases point totals can be kept with appropriate consequences.
