Tennis: Height

Players rally up and down the middle of the court, attempting to get the longest rally they can hitting beyond the service box.

Racquets are placed in the net to force the players to hit with height, which will help them to get the depth they are looking for.

Pairs of players can compete against each other's courts to see which pair gets the longest rally within a certain amount of time.

Players are working in threes with player 1 in a full-court and players 2 and 3 in the forehand and backhand corners respectively.

Player 1 is hitting running drives, 1 forehand cross followed by 1 backhand cross.

Player 2 is hitting a forehand line, and player 3 a backhand line.

The pattern is played in this way for up to 3 minutes depending on the level of fitness of player 1.

Can use this rally as a progression of "Height" drill

Purpose:

Understanding the importance of length

Start with a coach feeding the balls from the other side of the net. Only shots landing deep of service line count as "in". 

Progress to a rally with 2 Players full court

Play up to 11 points.

Feed underhand for 2 points alternately.

Player 1 is working in the whole court but primarily in the red target zone, hitting ONLY fhs: 1 fh cross, and 1 fh inside out.

Player 2 is working in the fh corner and is hitting a forehand back to the centre of the court, middle of the red target zone.

Player 3 is working in the bh corner and is hitting a backhand down the line to the outer edge of the red target zone. 

Player 3 feeds the ball in down the line, player 1 hits a fh cross, player 2 hits a fh down the middle, player 1 runs around the ball and hits an inside out fh back to player 3, and the pattern repeats.