HOME Tennis Drills Agility & Fitness

Tennis: Power comes from core

Thanks for everything! Sportplan has helped me to improve my tennis...

Andrea, Tennis coach

DESCRIPTION

The player lays on the ground while keeping legs on gymnastic ball. The player performs regular crunches making sure that the whole motion uses only core muscles.

COACHING POINTS

Modern tennis is based on power so it is important to try to develop powerful strokes. Serve, return and forehand come to mind because these 3 strokes provide the best opportunities to dominate the opponent. There are 2 ways to improve power: by working on technical aspects or by getting stronger physically. Core muscles are used in all strokes in tennis so players should do core exercises regularly to make sure that they are ready for tennis demands.

READ MORE

READ LESS

RELATED PLANS...

Implementing down the line shot

Implement the down the line shot into your players? game and get them mixing up their play with this session

OFTEN USED WITH...

2 responses from backhand side:

The coach feeds balls to the ad side. The player alternates hitting backhand down the line and backhand slice down the line.

Backhand Drills

Approach the net using down the line pattern:

The coach feeds shorter ball to the ad side. The player hits backhand approach shot down the line and comes to the net. The coach feeds another ball to the deuce side. The player finishes with forehand volley down the line.

Forehand & Backhand Drill

Make response difficult and predictable:

The coach stands on the service line. The player returns from deuce side and the coach serves wide. The player hits forehand slice return deep down the line.

Forehand Drills

Being automatic:

The player serves to the T from Ad side. The coach throws 2 balls to the backhand side. The player executes backhand cross-court and backhand down the line.

Backhand Drills

1986008

1010