Using a machine and board (or you can hit balls with tennis racquet onto the board): - use tennis balls or cricket balls to catch depending on age - players catch a number of balls - you can use variations, such as catch, then 2 quick steps to right; catch then 2 steps back to left - that way you get catches coming on either side of your body - use the board closer or further away depending on what slips catches you are practicing - either spin or fast
watch the ball right into your hands open foot and hips to take the ball as late as possible
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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