Mentorship Pair: Varsity and JV Rally
Leadership
Legend
- player
- coach / parent
- movement path
How it works
Develop advanced leadership through a structured mentorship pairing where experienced players coach and rally with less experienced teammates.
What you need
- tennis racket
- tennis balls
- court
Your focus
Teaching and mentoring consolidates the mentor's own understanding of technique and tactics far more deeply than additional drilling does. Mentorship pairings build team cohesion and create a culture where knowledge is shared rather than hoarded. Advanced players who develop mentorship skills become the leaders that teams and programs rely on.
Pair each advanced player with a beginner or intermediate player from the same program.
The advanced player leads a 15-minute structured session: 5 minutes of warm-up rallying, 5 minutes of one technical focus (their choice), and 5 minutes of a fun game of the junior player's choice.
Advanced player must give at least three specific technical coaching cues during the session and demonstrate each one.
After the session, both players write one sentence about what they learned; advanced player shares what they learned about their own game from teaching.
Helpful cues
- Teach it the way you wish someone had taught you
- Demonstrate before you instruct
- Patience is a leadership skill
Adjust the challenge
Make it easier
Strip it back
Give the advanced player a specific skill topic card so they don't have to choose the focus independently.
UpLVL it
Add the next challenge
Advanced player must design a full 30-minute practice plan for their junior partner and execute it across two sessions.No account needed
Build a practice plan
Add drills, keep the plan in this browser, then share a link with your staff or parents.This library helps you find the right drill. Inside UpLVL the right drill finds the player.
This library helps you find the right drill. Inside UpLVL the right drill finds the player.After every practice, UpLVL automatically surfaces the drills each player needs to work on most. See it for yourself.