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Tennis: Be Ready For Deep Return

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Player serves from the deuce side.
Coach hits a deep return to the middle of the court.
Player stays close to the baseline and hits a half volley forehand to the open court.

COACHING POINTS

In this drill the player works on the first shot after the serve.
A deep return is a big challenges so this aspect has to be practiced consistently to develop the technical and tactical skills to reduce the number of break points.
Players should make a split step right after the serve to react quickly, stay low while preparing for the half volley and make a compact backswing to increase the chance of a clean contact in front of the body.
For more advanced players the coach can set up zones to see how well they can control the shot while responding to a deep return.

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3 progressive returns:

The coach stands on the service line (ad side), and the player starts from the baseline. The coach serves to the T, so that the players hits a forehand return cross-court. After successful hit into the zone, the player moves forward between service line and baseline, and hits another return. After successful hit into the zone, the player moves forward to the service line to execute another return.

Serve and Return

Attacking forehands on the move:

Coach feeds three balls per player from the basket.

Players should aim to hit the targets (as in diagram - can use cones to mark out targets).

The aim is to encourage players to progressively attack on the move.

Forehand Drills

Deal With High Balls:

Coach feeds high and short balls to the deuce side.
Player moves forward and alternates hitting attacking forehand after the bounce and forehand drive volley out of the air.

Forehand Drills

Build The Point With Confidence:

The coach feeds 2 balls to the ad side and 1 ball to the deuce side
Player hits backhand cross-court, backhand down the line and forehand cross-court
Coach feeds the last ball shorter to the ad side
Player finishes with attacking backhand down the line

Forehand Drills

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