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Tennis: Opponent Can't Guess - Forehand Variations

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Player stands on the baseline.
Coach feeds balls to the deuce side.
Player executes forehand angle slice cross-court, forehand deep slice cross-court and forehand drop shot down the line.

COACHING POINTS

Players works on a variety of forehand shots using the slice.
Preparing the forehand slice is visible for the opponent but it doesn't mean that the opponent can guess our intention.
By being able to change depth and placement of your own shot, the opponent will difficulty finding the proper place on the court to be prepared for all possible responses.
Coach should encourage players to try different approaches to the same ball and pay attention to the effectiveness of their own execution to continue the actions that provide the biggest chance for winning.

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OFTEN USED WITH...

Respond To Slice With Slice:

Player serves to the T from the deuce side.
Coach hits a backhand slice return down the line.
Player hits their own backhand slice and hits the ball in the cross-court direction.

Rally Drills

Backhand Can Finish The Point:

Player starts on the baseline
Coach alternates feeding low and high short balls to the backhand side
Player moves forward and hits offensive backhand into side zones from different points of contact

Forehand & Backhand Drill

Attacking forehands on the move:

Coach feeds three balls per player from the basket.

Players should aim to hit the targets (as in diagram - can use cones to mark out targets).

The aim is to encourage players to progressively attack on the move.

Forehand Drills

3 variations on the forehand side:

Cones are set in the deuce corner. The coach feeds 3 balls to the forehand side. The player executes forehand after the bounce, forehand drive in the air, and forehand volley in cross-court direction.

Forehand Drills

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