Using a machine and board (or you can hit balls with tennis racquet onto the board): - use tennis balls or cricket balls to catch depending on age - players catch a number of balls - you can use variations, such as catch, then 2 quick steps to right; catch then 2 steps back to left - that way you get catches coming on either side of your body - use the board closer or further away depending on what slips catches you are practicing - either spin or fast
watch the ball right into your hands open foot and hips to take the ball as late as possible
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