Fixing the first serve toss before the club final

The situation

A player is struggling with their first serve, with most of the misses coming from a toss that drifts right and low. The coach has identified this issue and the player has seen it in practice video. The player wants to improve their first serve before the club final. The current first serve percentage is not good enough, with less than half of the serves landing in. The player has tried different approaches in the past but has not seen significant improvement. The club final is approaching and the player needs to make a change to their practice routine to fix the toss and increase their first serve percentage.

What they weighed

• Fix the toss with a daily drill

  Chosen

• Hit harder to force errors

• Serve more baskets each week

What they decided

Fix the toss with a daily drill

Why

The player chose to fix the toss with a daily drill because the misses come from a toss that drifts right and low, and a daily drill can fix that without straining the shoulder. The player wants to improve their first serve percentage and believes that fixing the toss is the key to doing so. The daily drill will allow the player to practice their toss in a controlled environment and make adjustments as needed.

The first step

Chalk a target on the garage wall and toss fifty balls at it every morning

How they would know it worked

Six in ten first serves land across the next two matches

How it turned out

Not known yet. The result is added here when it comes in.