Laver Cup benches are mic’d again this year. Use their crisp huddle scripts to build a 15-second serve routine, a two-call serve menu, and a 3-ball hold plan drill you can run with a timer and a target mat.
Humidity and different balls change bounce, feel, and movement. Run these five 10-minute on-court tests and two ball-swap micro-sessions to lock toss, spin, depth, and footwork before the Asian swing.
Pros at the US Open shifted to lower tensions and more hybrids. Use their playbook. In 30 minutes, run 3 on-court checks to lock in your tension: dispersion, depth ceiling, and spin-efficiency.
With Laver Cup 2025 set for Sept 19–21 in San Francisco, use its format to sharpen clutch skills. Run 10-point breaker stacks, lock a bench-to-serve routine, and install a live doubles call system.
NYC showed it. Servers who trigger the first step within ~160 ms after landing win more cheap points. Use this cone-map progression, a phone-timer latency test, and clean cues to cash in.
A step-by-step playbook to compete in extreme heat. Build a courtside cooling kit, run quick heat-readiness tests, and drill short-point patterns. Lessons from the 2025 US Open you can use today.
Stop spreading your effort thin. Focus on the few skills that decide most points. This practical guide gives drills, a 2-week plan, and simple tests to raise your level fast without living on court.
What players actually used in New York. Fast 2‑minute heat checks, a cooling ladder you can run at changeovers, pacing cues that work under the serve clock, and DIY hydration and sodium plans.
Use fresh US Open serve heat maps to script Deep, Neutral, and Aggressive return formations. Place cones, run a split-step beep test, then climb a depth ladder to advance after each neutralized ball.
