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Tennis: Racquet And Feet Rally

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Players rally together, but instead of both players using the racquet, one player uses their legs and feet to control and kick the ball over the net, while the other player does use their racquet before swapping.

This exercise is a great tool to have fun while working on co-ordination skills and also helps players improve their ball perception abilities.

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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.

Rally Drills

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.

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Racquetless tennis:

Staying in one service box on their side, players compete against each other just like a tennis game.

Players have to bounce the ball on their side of the net, so it crosses to their opponents side. The player receiving the ball has to catch it with one hand, making sure the ball only bounces once on their side of the court.

Continue this as a rally until the ball bounces twice on one side of the court.

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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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