DFILL TYPE: Tennis Skills FOCUS: Groundstrokes Progressions SKILL LEVEL: Pre-Tennis SETUP: Students are in pairs. One racquet and one ball. Students stand approximately 10 feet apart from each other, maintaining their personal space in the activity area. MISSION: Each student has one ball and racket, and finds personal space within the activity area. One partner will roll the ball across the floor to their partner. The partner with the racquet will trap the ball with their racket and then return it to their partner.
Cues for this drill: Roll Trap Return
This practice has no coaching points
This practice has no progressions
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