Tennis: Forehand Approach

Coach, 3 players, and a basket of balls. Players 1,2 and 3 line up on the baseline.

1. The coach feeds 3 balls. Players 1 and 2 play deeps forehands, and player 3 a deep backhand.
2. Coach feeds 3 balls. Players 1 and 2 play a mid court forehand, and player 3 a mid court backhand.
3. Coach feeds 3 balls. Players 1 and 2 play a forehand volley, and player 3 a backhand volley.
4. Coach feeds 3 high balls for all players to play forehand smashes.

Players rotate positions and return to starting point. Drill continues.

Approcher moves forward and plays backhand volley down the line whole passer trys to pass cross court. Volleyer must cover the cross court area.

Players start off in centre and plays a forehand down the line then recovers back to the centre. To then run towards the short ball and hits this one down the line or cross court.

Coach, 2 players, and a basket of tennis balls. Player 1 starts off on the centre of the baseline.

1. Coach feeds ball 1 to the corner of the singles court for player 1 to play a forehand down the line.
2. Coach feeds ball 2 to the opposite side of the court just in front of service box for player 1 to run on to and play a backhand down the line.
3. Coach feeds ball 3 to the opposite side of the court halfway up the service box for player 1 to run on to and play a forehand down the line.
4. Coach then feeds ball 4 to the opposite side of the court just in front of the net for player 1 to run on to and play a backhand down the line.

Coach has to move backwards along the line to deliver the feeds.

Drill repeated with player 2.