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Tennis: Backhand Can Finish The Point

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Player starts on the baseline
Coach alternates feeding low and high short balls to the backhand side
Player moves forward and hits offensive backhand into side zones from different points of contact

COACHING POINTS

In this drill, player works on offensive backhand ability
During the match, player will have to react to many short balls that will come with different power and trajectory
It means that player has to feel comfortable with using attacking backhand both from below the knees level and around the shoulders' level
The change of point of contact requires different body and racket's work so having quality repetitions during the practice will allow player to finish the points with backhand while being under the pressure of score during the match
If player attacks really well, coach can feed different balls so player doesn't know the type of the incoming ball and will have to react every time

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OFTEN USED WITH...

All About The Legs:

Cones are set in front of the player inside the service boxes
The coach alternates feeding to the forehand and to the backhand
The player makes a split step over the cones, executes a regular volley and recovers behind the cones to start the action with the other volley too.

Volley Drills

1 High 1 Low - Backhand:

In this exercise, the coach feeds all the balls to one side. The player's goal is to alternate shots with higher and lower trajectory over the net, firstly hitting a high shot, followed by a low shot, and this is repeated.

Forehand & Backhand Drill

1 in 1 out:

The coach stands in front of the player and throws 1 short 1 deep ball to the backhand side. Player's goal is to hit backhands moving inside and outside of the baseline.

Proper footwork is crucial if we are thinking about effective tennis play. Many mistakes are made because of improper legs' work so that is why players have to spend more time on drills that are based on intense footwork. Having strong legs and being quick are 2 skills that make us play better as also increase our self-confidence because we know our capabilities.

Backhand Drills

Work On Your Balance:

Coach stands on the player's side
Coach drops 2 balls from each position (in front of the player, on the side, behind the player). Player runs 2 times to each position and executes regular forehand with aim to keep balanced body

Movement

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