1 term of Contact moves and Tactical Intentions
Thursday, August 6th, 2009Following is a 10 week footwork term timetable of contact moves with there tactical intentions. Matching contact moves to tactical intention through a common language makes a lot of sense. I also believe clients love structure and knowing what is coming in the following weeks. This timetable does work better if the student has had at least 1 term of training and practicing the moves before introducing tactical intent.
Week 1: Attacking Footwork (Key tactical phrase- “Attack the ball”), Contact moves - Transfer moves, Step down moves (down the line and runaround)
Week 2: Attacking Footwork (Key tactical phrase - “Attack the ball”), Contact moves - Front foot hop approach, slice approach (carrioca B/H + closed pivot B/H only), transfer approach, lateral hop approach
Week 3: Building Footwork (Key tactical phrase - “Do something”), Contact moves - Low spin (both directions) and step down (cross court)
Week 4: Building Footwork (Key tactical phrase - “Do something”), Contact moves - F/H Lateral hop (angled topspin) B/H closed pivot (angled topspin) F/H step down (angled)
Week 5: Counter-attacking Footwork (Key tactical phrase - ” Stay in it”), Contact moves - 2 foot pivot (down the middle) and 1 foot pivot and sliced B/H closed pivot (cross court)
Week 6: Counter-attacking Footwork (Key tactical phrase - “Stay in it”), Contact moves - Mogul move and reverse spin
Week 7: Defensive Footwork (Key tactical phrase - ” In trouble”), Contact moves - Power move and back foot hop
Week 8: Finishing Footwork (Key tactical phrase - “Finish the point”), Contact moves - Step down volley + transfer volley (drive transfer and punch transfer) + power move volley + shuffle back and scissor kick smash
Week 9: Return of serve (transfer (attack) + 2 foot pivot and closed B/H slice (rally) + power move (defend) + serve footwork (practicing split on returners contact)
Week 10: Putting it all together (defend then counter attack then build then attack and finish)