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Anticipation and tactical awareness

The court is marked out with cones into areas (e.g. red, amber and green). Players try to anticipate which area the ball is going to land in so that they can respond with the most appropriate tactical return. A buddie coach stands behind the player and tells them which shot they should play (ie. approach the net, lob etc.) depending on the area that they are hitting from i.e. where they are standing/ running on court as they hit the ball. Players will need to watch the body shape of the coach and the ball contact carefully to anticipate what type of shot is being hit and therefore where it is likely to land.

Rally Drills

Different colours different depths

The coach feeds orange, and green balls to the forehand side. The player hits only forehands cross-court. If the ball is green, the player has to aim deep. If the ball is orange, the player has to aim short.

Forehand Drills

Different colours different directions

The coach feeds orange, and green balls to the forehand side. The player hits only forehands. If the ball is green, the player has to aim cross-court. If the ball is orange, the player has to aim down the line.

Forehand Drills

Divots!

Scatter some cones (divots) across the area, some the right way up, and some upside down. Split the group into two teams - 'Hackers and Greenkeepers' - and spread them out across the area. On the word 'Go' the Hackers run round turning the divots upside down and the Greenkeepers must turn them the right way up.

Coordination / Fun Games

Rally with 3 zones

2 players rally together in cross court direction. 3 zones are set on each player’s side (Red, Yellow, Green). Player has to hit particular shot according to the opponent’s balls placement. If the ball lands in the red zone player hits defensive/neutral shot. If the ball lands in the yellow zone player hits neutral/offensive shot. If the ball lands in the green zone player has to attack it. Drill specifications: 30-60 seconds and switch 4 players can work on the court at the same time while others can have different duties. Coach can put 2 players next to the net post and let them say “stop” when the ball goes over the net. This is the signal for the player and feedback at the same time of their perception time. If there are more players on the court coach can make them do some fitness drill or put them far behind the hitting players and work on ball perception on their own.

Forehand Drills

Rally with 3 zones Forehand Dr...

2 players rally together in cross court direction. 3 zones are set on each player’s side (Red, Yellow, Green). Player has to hit particular shot according to the opponent’s balls placement. If the ball lands in the red zone player hits defensive/neutral shot. If the ball lands in the yellow zone player hits neutral/offensive shot. If the ball lands in the green zone player has to attack it.Drill specifications:30-60 seconds and switch4 players can work on the court at the same time while others can have different duties. Coach can put 2 players next to the net post and let them say “stop” when the ball goes over the net. This is the signal for the player and feedback at the same time of their perception time. If there are more players on the court coach can make them do some fitness drill or put them far behind the hitting players and work on ball perception on their own.

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Anticipation and tactical awar...

The court is marked out with cones into areas (e.g. red, amber and green). Players try to anticipate which area the ball is going to land in so that they can respond with the most appropriate tactical return. A buddie coach stands behind the player and tells them which shot they should play (ie. approach the net, lob etc.) depending on the area that they are hitting from i.e. where they are standing/ running on court as they hit the ball. Players will need to watch the body shape of the coach and the ball contact carefully to anticipate what type of shot is being hit and therefore where it is likely to land.

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Different colours different de...

The coach feeds orange, and green balls to the forehand side. The player hits only forehands cross-court. If the ball is green, the player has to aim deep. If the ball is orange, the player has to aim short.

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Different colours different di...

The coach feeds orange, and green balls to the forehand side. The player hits only forehands. If the ball is green, the player has to aim cross-court. If the ball is orange, the player has to aim down the line.

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Using the Body Forehand Drills...

The coach and player rally together. Each player has to firstly touch the ball with one body part, and then he/she can hit it over the net with the racquet.

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Two sides of the line Agility ...

The player bounces the ball up using the racquet. The player has to perform one bounce on each side of the line. While performing this action, the player has to move forward.

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Basic Match Half Volley Rally ...

Player stands on the service line.Coach stands on the baseline.Player rallies with coach.Coach hits regular topspin balls into the player's legs.Player executes adeep backhand half-volley to the center of the court.

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Backhand Backhand Drills - Ten...

<BR>Coach feeds live ball to Player who backhand returns<BR><BR>The coach then lays a cross court for the player who hits the ball at a target close to the baseline</BR>

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Building points through deep c...

<BR>The coach feeds the ball to team A, they then have to hit it into the target area cross court. <BR>-Player from team B hits down the line if possible, however if under pressure from the depth or pace of the shot,then player B should play cross court or down the middle.<BR>Team A are hitting mostly cross court.

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Mini Tennis Volley Drills - Te...

2 players volley crosscourt to ground strokeers (second volley position)

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Hitting on the Rise Forehand D...

<br>Player stays on the baseline. Cones are set behind the player. Coach feeds deep higher balls. Player takes the ball on the rise and hits aggressively. Cones prevents the player from moving back.

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Plus and Minus Rewards Rally D...

Players play the point out from their hand in a full court as normal.If they win the point with a clear winner or by forcing an error from their opponent they get plus 1 point. However, if they make an unforced error of any kind, they get minus 1 point.Players can play until 1 player reaches plus or minus 7 points.

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Gladiator Movement - Tennis Dr...

2 teams. One team has only 2 people who are gladiators. The other 4 have to balance the ball on their racquets and put it in the hoop without being tagged. When they are tagged they have to go back to the bucket to start again. Give them 2 minutes then stop.

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Blackout! Rally Drills - Tenni...

The idea of the game is to get the feel of the court. All you have to do is cover the whole net with black bin liners so you cannot see the other side of the net. Play the rally out and try to anticipate where the ball is going land and get to know the court. Eventually play points and games to get a feel of the court.

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Continuous 1 vs 1 (3 players) ...

1 vs 1, with a second person at one end who takes over as soon as the point has finished. Therefore 1 person plays continuously, whereas the other 2 switch every point.The player at the 2 person end starts with the ball and the other player starts on the left hand side of court. The ball is played crosscourt to the right corner for the continuous player to run onto. Players then rally until the point is won. Then revese the direction of the run in.Rotate between the 3 players so that each person has a turn at being the continuous player.

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Dynamic Consistency Rally Dril...

One player stands in the deuce corner, with their opponent stood in the middle of the baseline at the other end. They are moved around the court by the player in the deuce corner, who can hit the ball anywhere on the court, while the other player can only hit forehands to the deuce side.

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Short rally with footwork Back...

Coach and player rally together using backhand strokes from service line.Player has to run around the cone after every hit.

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Height Rally Drills - Tennis D...

Purpose:To learn that shots go higher over the net than imagined Variation &quot;A&quot;Cover the net with towels and ask 2 singles players to play up to 11 points.Feed underhand for 2 points alternately Variation &quot;B&quot;Erect badminton nets to create higher target over netCompete as in &quot;A&quot;.

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Round the World 2 Coordination...

<BR>-Pick two teams, one team are the hitters, the other the runners.<BR>-The hitters take it in turns to hit the ball over the net, back to the feeder or to a designated area.The coach has to choose the target according to players level of ability. <BR>-The team scores a point each time a shot is hit to the agreed target.<BR>-The runners take it in turn to run around the outside of the court, back to the team like relay race.<BR>-Once all of the running team have done a round they shout stop, and the points of the hitting team freeze.<BR>-The teams then swap sides and the new hitting team has to beat their score.

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Ghosts Coordination / Fun Game...

<BR>-Players hit one shot each and if they return it into court they return to the back of the queue, if they make a mistake they become a ghost.<BR>-Ghosts must go to the same end as the feeder. If they catch a ball before it bounces they come back to life again (swapping with the person who hit that ball).<BR>-The winner is the player who is last one alive!!

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Passing shots Forehand & Backh...

Starting with a feed to either forehand or backhand at random players play their first shot down the line after which the players can play out the point. No lobs allowed.

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No winners! Rally Drills - Ten...

Players are working in the full court and take it in turns to feed the ball in out of their hand.They are playing the point out as normal but with the stipulation that they are not allowed to hit a winner to win the point! Players must make their best effort to reach balls, it is up to the coach to decide whether they have done this and whether the ball hit was an outright winner - in which case it will not be counted!Players can play first to 11 points, this can and should take a quite a long time!</div>

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