Tennis: Forehand and Backhand

Intention: Develop basic backhand technique.

• Players line up on one side of the net with the coach on the other side of the net.
• Coach feeds the ball to the first player in the line. 
• Each player hits the ball 3 times. 
• Shot is a backhand played with a neutral hitting stance and the player is to finish balanced on one foot.
• Those in the line mimic the shoe of the player playing the ball. 
• Once the player has had their 3 shots, they then collect 3 balls to return to the hopper before joining the back of the line.

Intention: Develop basic forehand technique.

• Players line up on one side of the net set up on a short court. Coach on the other side of the net.
• Coach feeds the ball to the first player in the line.
• Each player hits the ball 3 times.
• Shot is a forehand played with a neutral hitting stance and the player is to finish balanced on one foot.
• Those in the line mimic the shot of the player playing the ball.
• Once the player has had their three shots, they collect three balls to return to the hopper before joining the back of the line. 

Intention: Develop a basic backhand technique. 

Players in 2 lines on one side of the net, coach on the other side.

Coach feeds simultaneously to the players in each line. 

Each player hits 3 balls and moves around to the other side of the court and collects 3 balls from the other. 

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.