Basingstoke Coaching Clinic Schedule

21st March 2026

This clinic is for experienced competition players rated 3.5 DUPR or over. This time you will learn to slow down the game and control play, you will grow your confidence competing against higher level players and develop the skills to deal with their pace. You’ll drill reaching the kitchen line consistently to dictate the points and have plenty of drills to take away and practice.

 

Morning Session 9am-12pm:

Dinking:

  • Defensive dinking

  • Volley dinks, attacking and defensively

  • Building the point slowly

  • Creating attacking opportunities

Transitioning to the Net:

  • Mid-court resetting

  • Mid-court attacks

  • Drive and drop combo

  • Dealing with powerful drives

     

Afternoon session 1:30pm-4:30pm:

Speeding up:

  • Recognising speed up opportunities

  • Speeding up with disguise

  • Speeding up off the bounce

  • Countering speed-ups

  • Dinking and speed up patterns of play

Starting the point with quality:

  • Serving with good technique

  • Return accuracy and decision making

  • 4th shot priorities