How the drills are built
Last updated: 11 October 2026

Every LVL·UP drill is written the way a coach runs it on court: the setup, the rule, the scoring, and how to build it up. Drill cards carry no studies, source lists or player names. A coach reading a card gets the drill and how it runs, nothing else.

1. The approach

The drills are constraint-led. Instead of telling a player how to swing, the drill changes one thing about the practice — a rule, a target zone, a scoring tweak, a cone in the wrong place — and the player works out the rest. A step-count limit teaches efficient movement without a word about footwork. A rope over the net teaches clearance without a word about the swing. Each card names the constraint, what it forces, and what coaches typically see when they run it.

2. What the drills are not

They are not endorsed by, drawn from, or affiliated with any federation, tour, governing body, coach, analyst or player. LVL·UP is not affiliated with the ATP, WTA, ITF, USTA, LTA, Tennis Canada, the NCAA or any other organisation. Where a drill resembles one you have seen elsewhere, that is because good constraint drills are widely shared in coaching and there are only so many ways to put a cone on a court.

3. Levels and progressions

Each drill carries a level tag naming the standard it is written for, so a coach adapting a drill up or down knows that is what they are doing. 792 of the 793 drills carry three or four progressions, from a closed feed to full match context, so the same drill can serve a beginner group and a competitive squad.

4. Found something wrong? Tell us.

If a drill does not run the way its card says, or the wording does not read like tennis to you, email hello@lvluptennis.com. We respond within seven days and we fix cards.

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Revision note, 11 October 2026: the previous version of this page said LVL·UP sent content to Anthropic from two buttons, "AI Draft" and "Suggest a draft". Both buttons were removed on 11 October 2026.