
Tennis Court exercise: A : 3/4 players line up each corner of a rectangle (approximate size of a tennis court) Players take turns in passing the ball the length of the rectangle to the opposite player. After passing the ball the player moves the back of the line. The opposite player receives the ball and passes it back the length of the rectangle, and then moves to the back of the line. this contunes till all players have passed 3/4 times
accuracy and speed of pass.
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
in more ways than one
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