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Tennis: Backhands on the run

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Players line up on forhand doubles alley and executes backhands on the run down the line. Opponent moves off from centre and plays next shot crosscourt and plays out the point

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Backhand Stage 3:

Coach, 2 players, and a basket of balls.

Coach feeds ball 1 from just inside the t junction of the service box to the corner of the singles court.

Player 1 starts off on the centre of the baseline, and moves to meet the feed and hit a deep backhand down the line, then recovers to the start position.

Coach feeds ball 2 mid court for player 1 to step into and hit a backhand down the line.

Coach then moves backwards along the line, feeds ball 3 just in front of the net for player 1 to move on to and hit a backhand down the court.

Player 1 moves to the back of the court, and player 2 steps in and the drill is repeated.

Backhand Drills

lateral backhands (forward):

Dead ball feed
Players start off in forehand doubles corner and ply to backhands along baseline. As player moves towards the ball they keep racket prepared and the last step before contact should be towards.

Backhand Drills

Backhand winner down the line:

The coach stands in front of the player and feeds in an easy ball to the player who starts off in the forehand doubles alley.

When the ball is ready to be hit the player should play the first shot back to the coach and the second shot should be played as a winner down the line.

Backhand Drills

Backhand Volley - 3 Heights:

The player starts on the service line and is fed 3 balls in a row at different heights to the backhand side. The player must execute a backhand volley from each of these feeds.

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