Mixed tournament, 1/2 hr to practice - what would you do?

[BretH]

Playing in a 6.5 tournament this weekend and it's going to be way to cold to practice outside so we rented the only indoor court slot open to us at the facility - 1/2 hour tomorrow morning. Due to the weather it may be the only practice in a week or more for a couple of the players.

Question is: for four people how would you recommend structuring the 1/2 hour?

I was thinking of warming up all at the net, to get loose and get the net skills going - with getting on the court, etc that's probably going to take us to the 10 min mark, then moving 2 to the baseline and hitting that way, switching them up after 5 min - so we're at the 20 min mark. Maybe 5 min of baseline hitting and 5 min serving?

 

[TimeToPlaySets]

You're going to fix strokes in 30 mins, so maybe you can work on communication dynamics, if this is a new partner

 

[J011yroger]

Warm up like a normal match then play super tiebreakers until you run out of time.

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[Traffic]

Warm up like normal. Then do speed volley drills for 10min. Then play tie-break points.

 

[MisterP]

You want to start with a couple of easy shots to warm up. Maybe something nice like a single malt. I like Macallan. You hope the misery of 6.5 mixed ends before the buzz tapers off, but you will need to be prepared - you can always try nursing the buzz with something lighter and cheaper - your pilsner of choice. If things really start going south, you may want to plant a few emergency airplane bottles near your towel. Good luck.

 

[kevrol]

You need to pretend you're at Districts and limit your warm up to 5 minutes (1 min mini tennis, 1 min with each player at net, 1 minute ground strokes and 1 minute of serving.) Then I'd play no-ad games until your 30 minutes run out. Learning where your partner is going to be, expects you to be, communicates, is going to be much more important than working on volleys, serves or any other fundamental.

 

[esgee48]

Show up early and warm up doing stretches; slow stretches. Do some juggling if you can. Talk strategy/tactics. When you get on the court, 5 minute warmup. Then start 9 point tiebreakers. 1st one to 9 points win. None of the by 2 points stuff. Serving order is 2, 2, 2, 3. Since you're indoors, no changeovers. If you have no other chances, find yourself a game of pickle ball or at least visit a gym to keep limber. Don't overdo the weights. No machines.

 

[MathGeek]

Communication and expectations.

 

[Deleted member 23235]

what i'd do:
5m: mini or easy baseline hit
8m: volley vs. baseline
7m: overhead vs baseline
10m: serves
hopefully you have large basket of balls where everything is continuous.

 

[5sets]

Followup. What did you end up doing and how was the tourney? [emoji4]

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