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Tennis: Inside out forehand and winner

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Players start in the centre and hits the first shot back to the coach with an inside out forehand.

The player then moves on to a short ball to hit a winner, either a cross-court forehand or a down the line stroke.

COACHING POINTS

Make sure players have quick feet and are focussing on their shot positioning and not purely hitting the ball as hard as possible.

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Cross-court forehands - The baseline blaster

Improve this powerful and explosive stroke with your players so that they can hit the baseline and give their opponent the run-around!

OFTEN USED WITH...

Inside-out Forehand:

Coach feeds the ball down the line
The player starts in the middle and runs round to hit an inside-out cross court forehand to the target area
Alternatively a target can be positioned down the line and every third stroke can be hit to that direction

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

Inside-out Forehand:

-Either the coach or the players themselves throw the ball over the player's shoulder.
-The player runs around to hit an inside-out forehand into the target area.

Forehand Drills