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Tennis: Consistency and accuracy

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-Players hit forehands aiming for the line.
-Players maintain high net clearance to achieve consistency.
-Three points are deducted from the final score (i.e. the rally count) for each shot that was hit into the net.
-After 2 minutes see which pair held the longest rally.
-After one or two rounds swap to backhand.

COACHING POINTS

For less developed players the drill can be used to 'hone in' on basic ground stroke techniques.

Encourage depth of strokes with top spin to avoid net errors.

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Cross-court rally game with winners:

Players get into pairs. Each pair takes on another pair in a cross court competition. Players take it in turns to hit the ball deep into the coned area.

Every time a ball is hit short the receiving player can hit a winner down the line to score a point.

The players who hit the short ball can try to recover and return the down the line winner. If they manage to return the shot they do not lose a point.

Next rally starts again.

Rally Drills

Ground stroke consistency:

-Players hit ground strokes in pairs until one of them makes a mistake. The waiting player(s) come in if mistake is made.
-After 5 minutes the winners are the players with the longest rally.
-More advanced players can be given target areas to hit to.

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.

Rally Drills

Working on ground strokes:

-Alternate feeding to forehand and backhand side.
-Players in line shadow hit behind the front player.
-After two strokes hitters move to back of alternate lines.

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