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Rugby: Difficult backhand volley

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Player stands close to the center.
Coach feeds hard ball close to the sideline.
Player tries to hit the ball with backhand volley.

COACHING POINTS

In this drill player works on difficult backhand volley off balance. Most of the time players don’t have problems with static volleys but they commit more mistakes while being off balance. During practice session coach can challenge player’s volleying skills by placing him in difficult situations. One of these situations is trying to get to down the line passing shot. This skill is really helpful both in singles and doubles so all players should work on this aspect.

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Cope With Low Volleys:

The player begins by standing on the service line, with the coach tossing short balls to the backhand side. The player must move across and backhand volley the ball down the line.

Volley Drills

Deuce T and Backhand Air Cross-Court:

The player serves to the T from the deuce side and the coach feeds a higher ball to the ad side. The player then finishes with deep backhand drive in the air cross-court.

Backhand Drills

Drive Volley:

Players move in from no mans land and execute a back drive volley down the line.

Volley Drills

Cross Court Backhand/Backhand:

Coach feeds the ball down the line to player 1 who plays a deep cross court backhand (shot 1).

Player 2 returns also playing a deep cross court backhand (shot 2).

Player 1 then plays a backhand down the line (shot 3) back to the coach.

The drill is continuous playing the same shots.

Rotate players 1 and 2.

Backhand Drills

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