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Tennis: Upper Body Control In Close Stance

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DESCRIPTION

Player sets up close stance
Coach feeds easy ball to the forehand side
Without moving the feet, the player turns upper body and executes forehand using only upper body parts.

COACHING POINTS

Player works on upper body work in the forehand stroke while using close stance
Keeping the legs still, the player feels how to coil and uncoil the upper body
During the forehand preparation, upper body turn helps to achieve good point of contact and develop good power for the shot
It is important to develop fluid upper body motion to make sure that later on the whole body works effectively from the ground up.

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OFTEN USED WITH...

When backhand is not working:

The coach alternates feeding to the forehand and backhand. The player hits cross court shots using only forehand strokes.

Forehand Drills

Spanish style:

Working on net clearance and top spin
Place 4 rackets on top of the net.
Players should aim to hit the ball to the last quarter of the court.
Pairs take it in turns and rally for the highest score.

Forehand Drills

Running Forehand and Rally:

Player 1 starts on the tramlines opposite the coach.

Coach feeds the ball across the court for player 1 to run on to and hit a deep running forehand to player 2.

A rally continues until a point is won.

After the point is won player 1 retreats to their starting position, player 2 joins the back of the queue, and player 3 joins the drill.

Rally Drills

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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