Justin Sherring's Brilliant Core Core Coaching Philosophy

Key Points

• Consistently put your players into difficult situations in practice
• There are very few neutral rallies in tennis
• Players and coaches need to structure sessions where they are switching between offense, defense and extreme offense and defense in 1 rally or point etc.
• Young players want to be challenged during their sessions
• Feeds should be random, varying the height, speed and spin and constantly putting your player into difficult situations that forces them to react and improvise
• Pay attention to see if your player is using the technical skills you’ve been developing
• Encouraging the player to visualize and imagine they are playing points in Wimbledon or the U.S. Open helps develop and instil that killer instinct and belief
• During “semi-closed’’ training, the rhythm and timing of the feed should closely follow a rally or point
• Engage and talk to your player so they understand why they are doing these drills