Tennis Drills

Player stands on the baseline. Coach feeds balls to the deuce side. Player executes forehand angle slice cross-court, forehand deep slice cross-court and forehand drop shot down the line.

Approacher moves forward plays backhand volley down the line while passer tries to pass cross-court; volleyer must cover the cross-court area and volley the ball into the open court.

Set up two sets of cones around 1metre inside the service line, either side of the coach who stands in the centre of the court. The coach then feeds balls to the player so he/she has to hit either and backhand or forehand down the line shot. The player must execute all strokes in down the line direction aiming for between the cones.

1. Hit ground stroke down the line 2. Try and volley back. 3. Try and hit down the line then finish the point.

Coach alternates feeding low and high short balls to the deuce side. Player moves inside the court and hits offensive forehand into side zones from both points of contact.  

Coach stands on the ad side. Cones are set on the deuce side. Coach throws random balls. Player’s goal is to hit 3 balls in a row back to coach and forth one into the cones.

Baseliners move out and play the cross court passing shot and the volleyer volleys the ball into the open court down the line

Player stands on the baseline. Coach stands at the net on the ad side. Player and coach rally together.  Player uses only forehand stroke and hits all the balls down the line. After receiving short ball player runs to the ball and hits forehand cross-court winner.

Coach stands next to the player. Coach drops balls at regular height. Player executes backhand at the fastest speed possible.

Coach feeds the ball to the ad side. Player moves forward, hits an attacking backhand cross-court and moves into the net. Coach hits the ball back, cross-court. The player finishes with a controlled deep backhand volley down the line.

Coach stands in front of the player with racquet. The player shadows the serve while trying to touch the coach's racquet with their leading hip.

The player starts behind the service line and the coach feeds high ball to the forehand side. The player executes forehand drive deep cross-court and moves to the net. The coach feeds another ball to forehand side and the player then finishes with forehand stop-volley cross-court.

Players start the drill by rallying cross-court from the backhand corners. Player 1 can choose to slice a backhand down the line at any time and the point is then live. Player 1 can choose to hit the slice as an approach, or simply as a change of direction/pace in the rally. Players can play first to 7 points before player 2 has a turn at being the slicing player. If a mistake is made before the slice has been hit, it is not counted and the score remains the same. Players can find the slice down the line a difficult shot to play, particularly if they are used to using 2 hands on their backhand. They should be reminded to turn their shoulders well and follow the line of the ball with their feet and body. Players should make sure that they are in a good position to play the down the line shot, and be aware that in doing so they will be changing the pace, spin, direction, and flight path of the ball. Take care on it!

Player bounces the ball up in the air using racket in the dominant hand. Coach throws another ball to the left side of the player. Player tries to catch the ball with free hand while still bouncing the ball on the racket with the dominant hand. 

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