Drills
Train the skill,not just the session.
34 drills organised by the same five skills the level test measures. Every drill has concrete steps and a measurable target — so you know whether it worked, not just whether you sweated.
Control
Drives & serve · 8 drills
Wall rally (any wall, no court)
Target · 20 hits in a row at waist height without losing control.
Serve to the corners
Target · 7 of 10 serves land in the third you called.
Cross-court consistency rally
Target · A 15-shot cross-court rally without an error, on both diagonals.
Deep-drive ladder
Target · 8 of 10 drives land in the back quarter of the court.
Serve plus one
Target · Win the first exchange on 6 of 10 serves.
Return neutraliser
Target · 7 of 10 returns are unattackable (at the feet or over the net player).
Pressure serving sets
Target · Two completed sets of 10 with at most one fault each.
Chiquita under pressure
Target · 6 of 10 chiquitas force a below-net-height volley.
The glass
Back & side walls · 7 drills
Drop, bounce, read
Target · 10 clean reads in a row: caught or cushioned without the ball getting past you.
Back-glass reset
Target · 8 of 10 resets land past the service line.
Back-glass self-rally
Target · 15 continuous glass-bounce-hit cycles without losing the ball.
Side-glass angle drive
Target · 7 of 10 post-rebound drives land in play past the service line.
Double-glass corner escape
Target · 6 of 10 corner balls come back as controlled, in-play shots.
Defend the fortress
Target · As defenders, force the net pair past 6 shots in 5 separate points.
Bajada builder
Target · 5 of 10 bajadas land in play with real pace through the middle.
Net game
Volleys & overheads · 8 drills
Volley-to-volley exchange
Target · 20 consecutive volleys without the ball touching the ground.
Target volleys
Target · 6 of 10 volleys land within a racket's length of the called target.
Take it or track it
Target · 8 of 10 correct calls, executed without a panic swing.
Bandeja and recover
Target · 7 of 10 bandejas land deep AND you touch the net line before the next feed.
Setup volley pattern
Target · Complete the deep-then-finish pattern cleanly on 5 of 10 attempts.
Bandeja or víbora?
Target · 6 of 10 correct choices, executed in play.
Smash finishing percentages
Target · 4 of 10 clean finishes per target, with no more than 2 balls out.
High-ball discipline
Target · A positive score over 20 balls (deep placements beating errors).
Court sense
Positioning & decisions · 6 drills
Diamond shadow drill
Target · 10 scenarios in a row where you both end up in the right place, still spaced as a pair.
Position freeze points
Target · In 8 of 10 freezes, you and your partner are within one step of the right position.
The switch: lob over your partner
Target · 8 of 10 switches with an early call and no collision course.
Third-shot decisions
Target · 6 of 10 third shots match the space the returners actually left.
Declared-target points
Target · 6 of 10 points ended through the target you declared.
Lose the net, take it back
Target · Regain the net in 5 of 10 points that start from defence.
Match play
Court time & competition · 5 drills
Play your first open match
Target · One completed match, your serve-in count, and 3 written observations.
Enter an americano
Target · Complete the americano with a pre-round agreement made in every single round.
Constraint sets
Target · Two completed constraint sets, win or lose.
The tiebreak gauntlet
Target · 5 completed tiebreaks with the score pattern written down.
Compete, then debrief
Target · One completed competition plus a written 3-point debrief mapped to dimensions.