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Tennis: Touch rally cross-court

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Player and coach stay close to the net on the deuce sides.
Player and coach rally together using only controlled forehand slices.

COACHING POINTS

In this drill, player works on feel and control in a rally environment. By staying close to the net, player is forced to use less power to maintain long rally. Additionally this drill highlights control level of the player because the area that players aim at is quite small. To make this drill more competitive, coach can set up cones and award one point for every ball that hits the cone. This motivational factor will positively influence player’s motivation so there is a big chance that player will put more physical and mental effort into this exercise.

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OFTEN USED WITH...

The Volley Train:

- Volley to each others Forehand only.
-The first pair to successfully complete the task is the winner.
- If it breaks down, go to the back of the queue.
This then can be done with backhand volley only.

Coordination / Fun Games

Turn and Catch Warm Up:

Coordination / Fun Games

Catch and hit:

The player stand at the net, with cones set up in the deuce corner. The coach feeds a lob - the player moves to the ball, catches the ball in the hand, throws the ball up and hits overhead deep to the deuce corner.

Smash 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

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