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Tennis: Consistency with Plyometrics

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Player maintains backhand cross court rally from service line.
After every shot player recovers to the middle and jumps over the cone.

COACHING POINTS

In this drill player improves technical and physical abilities. Short distance between player and coach increases intensity for physical goal while at the same time puts more emphasis on controlling the ball while hitting backhand. Coach should pay attention to player's work and look for sympthoms when there are more mistakes. Common reasons why players drop quality of rallies are tiredness and wrong positioning to the ball after the jump. Coach should explain to players what they should do physically and mentally to be able to survive during the most difficult moments of this exercise.

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Complete Backhand Down the Line:

Cones are set in the deuce corner.
Coach feeds balls using different feeding techniques.
Player adapts and hits deep backhand down the line.

Backhand Drills

Comfortable full court backhand:

Player stands on the baseline.
Coach throws 3 balls to the backhand side: deep, to the side and inside the court.
Player takes proper position, hits backhand and recovers to the middle after every shot.

Backhand Drills

Check opponent's backhand:

The coach serves to the T from the ad side,and the player hits a forehand return cross-court. The coach then feeds the ball to the backhand, with the player hitting a backhand cross-court return. Repeat this process until neccessary.

Backhand Drills

Close it on the line:

In this drill, the player works on close stance while hitting backhand and standing behind the double alley. The coach throws the ball in front of the player, the player has to step on the line with right foot (sideways position) and hit backhand.

Backhand Drills

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