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Tennis: Athletic Rally

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Players rally with each other from the service line.
After each shot, players have to make a kangaroo jump, bringing their knees as close to the chest as possible.

COACHING POINTS

Players works on control of their shots and plyometrics. Combing these 2 areas makes this a demanding drill.
If players are doing good job with rallying from the service line, coach can increase the difficulty and make them do the same task over a greater distance, from the baseline.

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2 points per rally:

2 teams two balls

Players play a half court rally until one makes a mistake for the first point. The second ball then becomes live and should be played out by all 4 players for the second point.

Rally Drills

All The Way:

The coach stands on the service line and rallies with the player, who is stood on the baseline. Everytime the player returns the ball, they move forward. Once at the net, they move backwards after every shot. The player executes groundstrokes behind the service line, and volleys inside the service line.

Rally Drills

Consistent Player:

Coach feeds the ball to the forehand side.
Player hits an offensive forehand down the line.
Coach then feeds a short ball to the ad side.
Player steps forward and hits offensive backhand down the line.

Rally Drills

Building points through deep cross court shots:

The coach feeds the ball to team A, they then have to hit it into the target area cross court.
-Player from team B hits down the line if possible, however if under pressure from the depth or pace of the shot,then player B should play cross court or down the middle.
Team A are hitting mostly cross court.

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