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Tennis: Doubles movement

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-Player 2 starts with a second serve to advantage court.
-Returner hits a lob return over player 1s head and follows it into the net.
-Player 2 chases the lob and returns it down the line.
-Player 1 moves to hot seat in the middle.
-Returner hits cross court volley to player 1.
-Player 2 comes to net and the point is played out.
-The same drill can be repeated on the deuce side of the court.

COACHING POINTS

Server must move directly forward at first to make movement to lob as game like as possible.

Remind players to move as a team and to keep the same distance between each other.

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OFTEN USED WITH...

Attack and Intercept:

-Player serves to deuce court towards feeder and comes to the net.
-The first player on the advantage side shadows the server and comes to net.
-Feeder hits a ball to server who returns it cross court.
-Feeder hits towards server again but the shadow server intercepts and hits cross-court winner.

Doubles Drills

The Wall:

4 players 2 at the net and 2 at the baseline.

Coach feeds the ball in to the baseliners and the point is played out.

The volleyers can hit anywhere, however the baseliners cannot hit to the same volleyer twice in a row.

After 2 volleys the baseliners are then allowed to lob.

The winner is the first team to 11 points, after this the teams swap over.

Doubles Drills

Doubles returning:

-Players are positioned in a doubles formation as seen in the picture.
-The server will serve first and second serves as in a game situation.
-The receiver will hit any of the returns as shown in the picture.
-The players can play out the points after the return.
-After approximately 6-10 serves the players swop round so that each player gets to serve and return and from both sides.

Serve and Return