Ive found there are 2 types of players out there. There are those who jus want to play, they may want to improve but cant be bothered to do anything about it and those who want to improve and are willing to do something about it. Ive only met a few of the latter.

Consistency is the key to anything in which case on court practice helps. Drills of court are favourable but this can be done on practice nits. A goal has to be set such as, im going to serve low 9/10 and try to get it tight or am going to do a lot of drop shots this session to get the practice in. What a lot of people dont understand esp with learning sumthing completely new is practice nits is the time to do it!!! If u lose, its no big deal, the players may not be the best so it gives us greater chance sof getting the skill correct.

For example, I tought a mate of mines the footwork for the overhead shot cause even any slight shot on his backhand side, he played a backhand shot which got annilated!! Once i showed him the footwork, he did it and got it up to a point but he still looked awkward with it so i told him to shadow it and stuff. He had a chance to play at a practice nit and he said he wasnt goin. I asked why not and he said cause they were crap and he wudnt get good games but i knew it was the perfect time to practice this new skill, this overhead shot and footwork as they wudnt push him as much as better players.

Take advantage of every situation. Playing with better ones will def improve a players game as it forces us to improve and equally playing with weaker 1s gives us a chance to try out new shots, new footwork, new skills. Am currently working on deception and playing with weaker 1s gives me a good chance of playing these shots a lot cause I ahve more time and less pressure.

There is also a lot more as well but thats my 2 cents lol

ul killing me paul lol, wish I was going over for ur march weekend. Wil try and make it september. U making a video on this return of serve or is it a weekend job???