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Tennis: Forehands on the run

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Player position on backhand corner and moves out to play wide ball on the run and plays it crosscourt. Opposite player moves out and play crosscourt. Both player play the point out.

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Forehands (Inside out) (Dead Ball) Forward.:

Drill Set-Up:
Players line up on the centre and moves out to play first forehand and then runs around backwards and plays forehand.
Topic of Emphasis:
After the first forehand the player needs to back peddle with the racket turned and should step away from the ball prior to contact.
Variation:
Players can alternate directions and coach can feed from 1 - 3 positions.

Forehand & Backhand Drill

Four shots, Four winners!:

Players start in the centre and hit four shots from the coach's feed:

The first shot should be a deep forehand.
Second shot is a short forehand.
Third shot is a short backhand.
Finally the fourth shot is a deep backhand.

Forehand & Backhand Drill

Ground strokes under pressure:

-Feeder hits first ball to forehand alley.
-The second ball if fed to backhand alley.
-The third feed goes deep to the forehand side.

Forehand & Backhand Drill

Forehand/Backhand Various Shots:

Coach, 3 players, and a basket of balls. Players 1,2 and 3 line up on the baseline.

The coach feeds 3 balls. Players 1 and 2 play deeps forehands, and player 3 a deep backhand.
Coach feeds 3 balls. Players 1 and 2 play a mid court forehand, and player 3 a mid court backhand.
Coach feeds 3 balls. Players 1 and 2 play a forehand volley, and player 3 a backhand volley.
Coach feeds 3 high balls for all players to play forehand smashes.

Players rotate positions and return to starting point. Drill continues.

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