Tennis: Developing Coordination- Progression 4

Intention: Develop sending and receiving skill through the use of progressive coordination exercises.

• Players stand facing each other on the inside and outside tramlines respectively (in a ready, athletic, "gorilla position")
• Players start with one ball and throw the ball underarm between each other.
• The ball must bounce once before the partner catches the ball.
• Each player must throw the ball with their right hand and catch the ball with their left.
• Once the ball has been caught it must be passed between the hands in preparation for the throw.
• As players master a rhythm, they attempt to increase the tempo.

Intention: Develop sending and receiving skills through the use of progressive coordination exercises.

• Following progression 2 Players stand facing each other on the inside and outside tramlines respectively (in a ready, athletic, gorilla position)
• Players have three balls, one player starts with 2 and the other with one, and throw the balls underarm between each other.
• The balls must bounce once before the partner catches the ball.
• Each player must throw the ball with their right hand and catch the other ball with their left.
• Once the ball has been caught it must be passed between the hands in preparation for the throw and free up the left hand for the catch.
• As players master a rhythm, they attempt to increase the tempo.

Intention: Develop sending and receiving skills through the use of progressive coordination exercises.

• Following progression 1 Players stand facing each other on the inside and outside tramlines respectively (in a ready, athletic, gorilla position)
• Players have two balls, one ball each, and throw the balls underarm between each other.
• The balls must bounce once before the partner catches the ball.
• Each player must throw the ball with their right hand and catch the other ball with their left.
• Once the ball has been caught it must be passed between the hands in preparation for the throw and free up the left hand for the catch.
• As players master a rhythm, they attempt to increase the tempo.

Intention: Explore tactical development- "Over and In" and "Hitting into space"

• Each player starts the game with 3 lives (can be amended depending on time).
• Players at the front of the line take it in turns to hit a ball fed to them by the coach. 
• The players keep their lives if they successfully execute the shot by hitting the ball over and in.
• The player loses a life in one of the following ways:

1. Hitting the ball out.
2. Hitting the ball into the net.
3. Hitting the ball after more than one bounce.
4. Missing the ball. 

• Once the player has lost all 3 lives they are in the dungeon (coaches side of the net).
• If the coach or another player in the dungeon catches the ball without a bounce, the player loses a life.
• The only way out of the dungeon is to catch a shot from another player before it bounces, thus gaining one life. 
• The player with the most lives remaining at the end of the game is the winner.