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Tennis: Bounce in and out of Ladder

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Lay out one agility ladder.
Player controls the ball by bouncing the ball up.
Player hits one time inside the ladder and one time outside the ladder.
Player tries to get through all the spots on the ladder.

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Objectives: Control, Coordination

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Bounce down ladder:

Ladder is set in front of a player. The player tries to bounce the ball down with the racquet and hit each ball in the next square of a ladder.

Coordination / Fun Games

Bounce on Racket, Catch and Throw with Other:

Player bounces the ball up in the air using racket in the dominant hand.
Coach throws another ball to the left side of the player.
Player tries to catch the ball with free hand while still bouncing the ball on the racket with the dominant hand.

Coordination / Fun Games

Egg and spoon run:

Players start on the baseline with a ball on their racket strings.

They run up to the net where they swap over the ball with the player on the opposite side of the net.

They then run back to the baseline.

Coordination / Fun Games

Control Is The Key:

The coach throws an easy ball to the player who hits a forehand shot back to the coach. The Coach then throws the ball back again but this time the player hits a forehand shot to the open space (deuce side) where the cones are situated.

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