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Tennis: First Volley Down The Line With A Crosscourt Pass

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Approcher moves forward and plays backhand volley down the line whole passer trys to pass cross court. Volleyer must cover the cross court area.

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Forehand Approach:

Players start off in no mans land, then plays the forehand approach, get ths first volley position (Forehand). Player then changes to backhand for second volley down open court.

Volley Drills

Drive Volley:

Players move in from no mans land and execute a back drive volley down the line.

Volley Drills

Forehand Live Drill:

Coach feeds the ball from the backhand side of the court.
Players start in the centre and hit the first forehand back to the coach. The player should try to recover back to the centre to then move towards the shortball and hit a forehand cross court

Backhand Drills

First volley and live!:

The coach feeds the ball from the basket to player 1 who is moving forwards to play a 1st volley.

As the coach makes contact with the ball player 1 must split step and aim to meet and hit the 1st volley on or inside the service line. They must play this ball deep down the line, whether it is a forehand or backhand volley and once this ball has been made, the point is live.

Player 2 moves to whichever side the ball has been hit to and attempts to pass player 1 down the line.

The point is played out in this way, first to 11 points before the players switch ends.

Volley Drills

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