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Tennis: Alternate Short Forehand/Volley

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Drill is continuous.

Drill takes place witin the service box on each side of the net.

Coach feeds the ball, player returns short forehand, a rally then continues with the player alternating between a short forehand and volley.

Coach to make use of all the service box.

COACHING POINTS

Ball to be returned at the top of the bounce.

Good quick footwork to get feet in the correct position to play the return shot.

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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

Cross court inside-out forehands:

The coach feeds the first ball in and then players have to keep the rally going, running around the ball to play a cross-court forehand into the coned area.

So player 1 hits the ball to player 1 on the other team who then returns to player 2 and so on.

Forehand Drills

2 lines - Forehand and Backhand:

Players start in two lines, one behind the deuce service box and the other behind the advantage box.

Coach feeds balls alternately to players on their left and right. Players on the coach's left hit forehands and those on coach's right hit backhands.

Players are aiming to put the ball away, as close to the baseline as possible.

Forehand & Backhand Drill

1 High 1 Low - Forehand:

In this exercise, the coach feeds all the balls to one side. The player's goal is to alternate shots with higher and lower trajectory over the net, firstly hitting a high shot, followed by a low shot, and this is repeated.

Forehand Drills

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