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Tennis: Bring knees on the ball

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Player takes the push up position and places the legs on the gymnastic ball. Player brings the knees to the chest by rolling the ball on the court.

COACHING POINTS

Core muscles are often trained by tennis players and there is a reason for that. Modern tennis is based on powerful serves and strokes that require a lot of turning action so solid core muscles are required to perform these strokes effectively. Coach should make sure that players maintain push up position (hips are not dropping) to avoid lower back injuries.

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Bicycle:

Player lays down on the ground. Player performs bicycle action to work on core muscles.

Agility & Fitness

Catch and Dribble Warm Up:

Cones are set in front of the player. Coach stands behind the player and tosses the ball over the players' head.

Player runs forward, catches the ball on the racquet and run around the cones without dropping the ball.

Agility & Fitness

Call Hand Drill:

Coach stands in front of the player and throws the ball. The player moves left and right and catches the ball.

However, when the coach throws the ball, they shout "right" or left", and the player must catch the ball with this hand, regardless of what side of the body the ball comes to.

Agility & Fitness

2 in 2 out ladder:

Player stands next to the ladder. Player alternates legs while stepping in and out of the ladder. This drill is a great exercise to improve speed and agility of the tennis player.

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