Player: Briyana Ivanova | July 20, 2025

1. Doubles-alley warm-up

  • Shadow swings using both parallel and semi-open stances.

2. Lateral movement warm-up ( knees bent close to the ground on each bounce ):

  • Mini-tennis to the deuce side
  • Mini-tennis to the ad (advantage) side
  • Baseline rally to deuce
  • Baseline rally to ad
  • Partner positioned at net on deuce and ad sides
  • Spend 10-20 minutes at the start of every session.

3. Quick adjustment steps

  • small, explosive footwork at baseline, half-court and net, maximum intensity.

4. Serve warm-up

  • from the service line, let the ball bounce, then hit it over the fence.

5. Serve with ground bounce

  • toss, let it bounce on your side, strike it cleanly over the net.

6. Power serve

  • full extension starting behind the fence, finish with a drop-hit put-away.

7. Return footwork

  • lateral shuffles side-to-side.

8. Return vs. power serve

  • react to a heavy serve, then sprint to touch the baseline.

9. Shadow power steps

  • after approach shots, transitioning forward.

10. Two-ball same-side attack

  • drive forward on balls fed from center, deuce, and ad positions.
  • Saturday’s session will be filmed and sent to Amarit.

11. Forward transitions in all directions

  • using sequences of 4, 3, and 2 balls.

12. Down-the-line alley power

  • stand in the alley and hit drives down the singles side line (FH / BH / FH-inside-out).

13. Power floating volleys

  • keep every volley above net height—don’t let it drop.

14. Shadow wide-return footwork

  • cut the angle with and without a double step.

15. Power drive forehand

  • stationary and patterned reps from three-quarter court.

16. Attacking second-serve returns

  • hit every return aggressively with the forehand.

17. Two-ball same-side forward drill

  • ending with the second return.
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