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Tennis: Elevated push-ups

I have used many of the tennis drills and as a result my two High...

Linsent, Tennis coach

DESCRIPTION

Player puts legs on bench and performs push-ups.

COACHING POINTS

In this drill, Player works on their upper-body strength. Doing push-ups is a great way to warm up or to work on strength so players should incorporate these exercises into weekly routine. It is important to change difficulty of this drill to constantly improve, so one of the variations is to put legs higher than the rest of the body.

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OFTEN USED WITH...

Forehand shadows speed:

Cones are set in different spots on the baseline, and the player then runs to each cone and shadows forehand with maximum speed.

Agility & Fitness

Cone Warm Up:

Cones are set in front of the player who starts on the baseline. The coach rolls the ball from behind the player. Player runs, stops the ball and goes around the cones while controlling the ball with the racquet. In this drill, player works on speed, deceleration and control.

Agility & Fitness

Drop And Run:

The player stands in one corner of the court, with the coach on the opposite side of the baseline.

The coach drops the ball from shoulder height and the player must sprint across the baseline and hit the ball, before returning to their starting position.

Movement

Controlled left leg:

3 cones are set behind the player. The player then takes one ball and using their left leg jumps back and places the ball on the cone. The player quickly recovers back and repeats this action for the other cones.

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