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Beginner · Week 1 · Forehand & backhand
Cross-court rally
Rally diagonally, above net height, into the back of the box — consistency over power.
Beginner · Week 2 · The volley
1-up-1-back
Volley at the net while your partner feeds from the back, recovering to centre after every shot.
Beginner · Week 3 · Walls & the bandeja
Back-glass rebound + bandeja
Let the deep ball pass, take it off the glass, then answer a lob with a sliced overhead.
Beginner · Week 4 · The lob & doubles positioning
Lob to take the net
Lift it deep over the net players, then move up together as a pair to take the net.
Improver · Week 2 · Reading the glass
The double wall
Side glass, then back glass. Let both rebounds happen, get behind the ball, and reply cross-court rather than down the line.
Improver · Week 3 · Taking the net
Chiquita and advance
A short, slow ball dipping at their feet, followed by two steps forward. They volley up — and then you volley down.
Improver · Week 4 · The smash
Por tres
The flat smash and the por tres — when to pull the trigger, and how to finish so the ball doesn’t come back.
Advanced · Week 2 · Overhead selection
Choose before it drops
Deep lob, bandeja. Middle, víbora. Short, rulo or smash. The call happens before the ball begins to fall, not as you swing.
Advanced · Week 3 · Defence that attacks
Defend, lob, climb
Take the smash off the glass, escape with a deep lob, then move up together the moment you see it land behind them.
Advanced · Week 4 · Match tactics
The deciding point
Serve to the weaker side, take the first volley, and never lob short. One point, one plan, agreed with your partner beforehand.
Beginner · Week 1 · The serve
Serve deep
Serve diagonally to the deep corners — deep and in beats hard and out.
Beginner · Week 2 · The dink
Cross-court dinks
Both at the kitchen line — soft, low, diagonal shots that land and die inside the kitchen.
Beginner · Week 3 · The third-shot drop
Third-shot drop
A soft arc from the baseline that drops into the kitchen, giving you time to move up to the line.
Beginner · Week 4 · Kitchen rules & doubles positioning
Get to the line
Once your shot is safe, move up together and hold the kitchen line — the team at the line wins the point.
Improver · Week 2 · Speed-ups & hands
Block and re-fire
Absorb the speed-up low into the kitchen, then take the next ball out of the air before they have recovered their paddle.
Improver · Week 3 · Stacking & poaching
Walk the stack
Line up off-centre so your stronger side always covers the middle — and take the balls that aren’t strictly yours.
Improver · Week 4 · Building the point
Build the point
Four shots minimum: pressure, reset, set up, finish. Every ball has one job, and you say it out loud until it becomes automatic.
Advanced · Week 2 · Hands at speed
Counter the counter
Speed up, absorb the block, then win the third ball of the exchange — the one most players are still recovering from.
Advanced · Week 3 · Patterns & pressure
Pull dink to ATP
Drag them off the court with a wide, dipping cross-court dink, then take the next ball around the outside of the post.
Advanced · Week 4 · Tournament craft
Start at 8–8
Momentum, time-outs, conditions and opponent profiling — playing the day, not just the ball in front of you.