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Players perform warm up routines to prepare body for the practice.

The main theme of this session is serving, so the warm up exercises should be related to that tennis discipline.

COACHING POINTS

Because the session focusses on serving the coach should emphasise that the warm up should aim to warm up the muscles used while serving.

Throwing a ball to a partner or coach is a good exercise for the shoulders and arms.

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Point To Cone:

Player stands in the middle of the box, which is set up by cones. Coach points to a cone and the player has to touch this cone as fast as possible. Player recovers to the middle after each run.

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Point the cone:

4 cones are set around the player. Coach faces the player and points out one of the cones. Player runs in this direction, touches the cone and recovers back.

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Non-Dominant Warm Up:

Players rally up and down the middle of the court while standing on the service line using their non-dominant hand, looking for as much control as they can get.

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Serve and return pattern with forehand:

The player serves from the Deuce side, aiming for the body of the imaginary opponent.

The coach then feeds the ball to the player's backhand side.

The player then has to hit an aggressive forehand inside out by running around to get into position to hit the shot.

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