# @mytenniscoaching on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcCcazNAETX
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69004387-mytenniscoaching-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-14T23:00:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Steve Whelan | International Tennis Coach Developer (@mytenniscoaching) — https://gondola.cc/mytenniscoaching

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Making a practice easier should not mean removing the information that makes it tennis.

Consider how beginners are commonly introduced to the serve.

The returner is removed.
The player serves into an empty court.
Success increases quickly.

But one of the most important sources of information has disappeared.

In a match, the server’s movement is influenced by the returner’s position, court coverage and potential response. The serve is not simply an isolated action towards a service box—it is the first action in an interaction with an opponent.

Once the returner is reintroduced, the task changes.

The available space changes.
The player’s intention may change.
The information guiding the serve changes.
The movement solution may change.

The player has not simply progressed from an easier version to a harder version. They are now solving a different problem.

That does not mean beginners must immediately serve under full match pressure.

It means we should simplify the task without removing its essential information.

For example, keep the returner in play but enlarge the service box.

The server now has more space, more opportunities for success and greater freedom to explore—while still learning to serve in relation to another player.

Simplify the problem. Don’t remove the game.

Before making your next practice easier, ask:

Which information am I reducing—and does the player still need it to regulate their actions in competition?

The conversation continues tomorrow.

Follow mytenniscoaching for evidence-based coach education.

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