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Tennis: Consistency & Confidence

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DESCRIPTION

Player stands at the net.
Coach stands behind the baseline.
Coach hits 2 regular balls and 1 lob.
Player hits forehand and backhand volley back to the coach and finishes the overhead to the side.

COACHING POINTS

2 volleys are played back to the coach to show the control over their direction and depth of volleys.
An overhead is played with more power and is finished to the side to develop an offensive mindset with every ball that goes up over the player's head.
If player is doing well with this task, the coach can hit the ball harder or can stretch player more to the sides on volleys and hit deeper lobs to force player to deal with difficult overhead balls.

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OFTEN USED WITH...

Approach and smash:

-2 feeding players, with a basket in the middle.
- Feed a short ball followed by a lob.
- After the approach shot the player smashes the lob.

Smash Drills

Lateral overheads backwards (dead ball):

Players move across from doubles alley and play 2 smashes moving backwards.

Smash Drills

1 air, 1 bounce to ad:

The player stands at the net, with cones set up in the ad corner. The coach feeds lobs to the player, who alternates hitting overheads in the air and after the bounce deep to the ad side.

Smash Drills

Catch and hit:

The player stand at the net, with cones set up in the deuce corner. The coach feeds a lob - the player moves to the ball, catches the ball in the hand, throws the ball up and hits overhead deep to the deuce corner.

Smash Drills

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