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Tennis: Watch and Chase

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Player rolls ball through players legs and they must chase ball and stop it with racquet.

COACHING POINTS

Ensure variation with rolls (one left, one right, down the middle etc.) and have players working at a good pace to recover the ball.

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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

Quick Change:

Coach stands in front of the player and feeds random balls (Forehand, Backhand, Low, Short, Deep etc). Player has to react and adjust to incoming balls.

Movement

Two Ball Warm Up:

Coach throws 2 balls at the same time. Player's goal is to catch one ball with left hand and hit other ball with the racquet in the right hand.

Agility & Fitness

Warm up: touching the cones:

Players warm up by running and performing dynamic stretches.

The coach should ask players to perform exercises which will help to develop the skills related to the half-volley.

In this warm up set up two cones about 1.5 metres apart. Ask your player to stand facing the cones, then reach down to the cone on his/her left with their right hand.

Then return to the standing position before reaching for the left cone with the right hand.

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