Beating a Pusher
No one likes to play a pusher. It is frustrating to face a player that keeps sending the ball back, back and back. Pushers do not play to win the points, they just keep returning your shots until you miss.
Game-based warm-up with overheads, volleys and return-like movements to improve footwork, reaction and coordination.
The coach sets up the mini net in the forecourt, parallel to the net. The player practices the disguised (feinted) forehand drop shot
Let's take a look at the forehand of a very talented boy in the orange stage.
It’s all about rhythm! Three adjustment steps, perfect high contact point, and a forward motion flow. Grigor Dimitrov shows us his high backhand volley here.
A child dodges out of the way of rolling Swissballs in a marked triangle – a reaction game that trains accuracy, body control and quick action.
No one likes to play a pusher. It is frustrating to face a player that keeps sending the ball back, back and back. Pushers do not play to win the points, they just keep returning your shots until you miss.