HOME Tennis Drills Coordination / Fun Games

Tennis: Bounce on Racket, Catch and Throw with Other

Thanks for everything! Sportplan has helped me to improve my tennis...

Andrea, Tennis coach

DESCRIPTION

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.

COACHING POINTS

Objectives: Coordination, Ball perception.

READ MORE

READ LESS

OFTEN USED WITH...

Bounce in and out of Ladder:

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.

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

Five Alive:

Separate the whole group into teams of around 5-6. Each team nominates a player to feed first.

When ready the feeder throws the ball to each player consecutively until the team has caught 5 balls.

The team getting to 5 first shouts Five Alive and win the first point.

A new feeder is selected by each team, and the next round begins.

Coordination / Fun Games

Catch in air from behind:

The coach stands behind the player. The player works with fast feet, and then the coach throws the ball over the player's head, who then has to catch the ball in the air. This exercise is a good warm-up tool to work on quick movement and reaction. Knowing how fast modern game is, these skills are necessary to become a good net-game player.

Coordination / Fun Games

2128326

1010