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Tennis: Perfect 8

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DESCRIPTION

Player goes around the cones and hits forehands and backhands.

COACHING POINTS

In this drill, Player works on concise movement and baseline strokes. Movement in a figure of 8 puts emphasis on movement in all directions to be able to make the balls: moving inside on shorter balls and recovering behind the baseline after the hit. Coach can make this drill more challenging by increasing the pace of the feed and also by increasing the number of balls in a set.

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OFTEN USED WITH...

New Approach to Net Game:

Coach stays behind the service line and feeds shorter ball to player's forehand.
Player hits forehand half-volley back to coach in down the line direction and moves forward.
Coach hits the ball in cross-court direction using volley.
Player finishes set with deep backhand volley down the line.

Movement

Recovery Habits - Backhand:

This drill teaches how to achieve good positioning on the court. Coach tosses balls to the one side, and the player hits the ball and recovers to the proper spot. If the shot is cross court (yellow cone), player recovers to the closer (yellow) cone. If the shot is down the line to the red cone, player has to go to the further (red) cone.

Movement