Game Styles and Games for Competitive Play

Game Styles and Games for Competitive Play

Primary Singles Game Styles

Counter-puncher

Aggressive Baseliner

All-Court Player

(serve & volleyer is seldom used as a primary style for a player)

Game Style Practice Drills

Counter-Puncher: High – Low - Drive

Aggressive-Baseliner: Offense – Defense

All-Court Player: Approach Shot or Approach Volley then transition to net

Games Approach Training (for time; keep score!)

Up & Down the River Games – you win you move up and lose you move down

Counter-Puncher Development:

No Miss Rally Shots (the feed plus 3 shots each) – 2 points if a player makes an error

Diagonal Corner Start – feed with each player having one foot on the diagonal sideline/baseline

Aggressive-Baseliner:

One Foot Inside the Baseline +2 points

Any Winner +2 points

All-Court Player:

In the Air +2 points

Approach Shot Feed (player must come in to net)

Service Games

Two of Three Point Games

·  two serves each point

·  one serve only

Adjustments with Limited Courts (for up and down the river games)

Half-court games

Alternating point games (A vs B; C vs D on the same court; designate who is technically on which half)

Bump

-  two on side A and one on side B; if players on side A win two consecutive points they replace (“bump”) the player on side B; you can win points from either side; if it’s a serving game then side B with one player returns serve.

-  top score moves up a court, bottom score moves down and middle score stays on that court; in case of a tie there is a one point playoff

Coach Ben Loeb - Rock Bridge High School

Columbia, MO

August 1, 2006