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Tennis: Catch The Racket

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DESCRIPTION

2 players face each other.
Players put their rackets vertically on the ground and hold them with one hand.
At a given signal, players release the racket and run to catch their partner’s racket.

COACHING POINTS

In this drill players work on speed and reaction in an enjoyable format.
Players have to maintain focus to be able to quickly react and get to the racket before it falls down.
If players have good success rate, they can increase the distance to increase the difficulty and physical demands.

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OFTEN USED WITH...

Anticipation and reactions:

Player side steps until the coach drops a ball.

The player must catch the ball before the second bounce. Players can also start from a stationary position with heels of the ground or hopping on one leg or criss crossing the legs or with player starting with their back to coach and the coach shouting out when throwing the ball.

Movement

'X' movement:

Purpose:

learn to move in an "X" pattern under pressure of movement.

Coach feeds the ball in the sequence 1,2,3,4 for each player in turn.

Coach feeds high deep balls to points 1,3 and shorter feeds to 2,4.

Exact pattern of 1,2,3,4 maintained throughout.

Player hits feeds 1,3 deep crosscourt. Feeds 2,4 down the line. Feed in sets of 16 balls.

Movement

Bring The Ball Down:

Coach and player stand in one service box.
Coach throws random balls around the box.
Players sprints and brings the ball down to the court with racket as quickly as possible.

Agility & Fitness

Catch The Partner:

Two players face each other.
Players are only allowed to use shuffle steps.
Player A tries to move to the side to "break the line" with partner.
Player B's goal is to maintain this imaginary line by reacting to opponent's change of direction.

Movement

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