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Tennis: Big Power, Big Target

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Player serves wide from the deuce side.
Coach throws a short and high ball to the deuce side.
Player moves forward and hits an offensive forehand drive volley to the center of the court.

COACHING POINTS

Player works on using opportunity to finish the point after good serve.
Opening the court with wide serve creates many possibilities to dominate the rally so players should put a lot of effort to make this serve a strength.
After a good serve player has to be ready to react to short ball and if the ball is high enough, it is a good option to use forehand drive volley.
Player has to remember that while using a lot of power she should aim at a big target on the court so the center area is a good solution.
It is possible that the opponent will pick the side and run to one of the corners so hitting through the center can also bring easy winners.

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OFTEN USED WITH...

Big serve with drop shot winner:

Player serves to the T from ad side.

The coach hits the ball back to the player's backhand side.

The player finishes with a backhand drop shot down the line.

Place cones in the deuce service box for the player to aim for when hitting the drop shot

Serve and Return

Challenging Shot After the Serve:

Player serves.
Coach throws deep and low ball immediately after player lands on the court.
Player quickly moves back and responds with controlled forehand stroke.

Serve and Return

2 versions of overhead:

Coach feeds lob ball.
Player hits overhead after the bounce back to the coach.
Coach hits another lob.
Player finishes with overhead deep to the ad side.

Volley Drills

Chip and Charge:

Player 1 only has one serve. Player 2 returns and follows it into the net to volley or smash. The server should not be allowed to lob the first shot. Player 2 should aim for either a deep return or cross court.

Play out the points and first to seven points is the winner.

Serve and Return

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