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Tennis: Ground stroke consistency

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-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.

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Players can work on improving their ground stroke techniques and consistency.

Remind players to focus on good net clearance.

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Consistency and accuracy:

-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.

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Groundstrokes, Inside-out forehands:

-Players work on ground strokes and depth, aiming to hit beyond the service line.Possibly put targets down.
-After rotations, swap to backhand.
- Players no.1 and no.6 can hit inside-out forehands depending on ability.

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Moving opponent:

-Place markers in each corner.
-Players aim for either of the two outside markers attempting to make the opponent move.
-Players must recover quickly after each shot.

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Good court positioning:

-Learning correct positions enhances court coverage and enables the player to respond to the most likely shot placements by the opponent.
-Place 4 markers in a diamond shape around the centre of the baseline. Start by the coach telling the player to move to a correct marker after each shot.(Using forward, back, left, right commands.

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