When working with beginners, the goal should be to get players to the point where they can play with each other. Whether teenagers or adults – it is not perfection that is decisive, but the ability to rally, serve, count and play.
This only works with a methodically clever approach – with age-appropriate balls, appropriate distances and realistic drills
Coaching Keys
- Focus on rallying ability rather than technical perfection
- Teach serving, rallying, scoring, and rules as one connected skill
- Use age- and level-appropriate balls to enable success
- Adapt court size and distances to the players’ abilities
- Introduce realistic, game-based play from the very beginning