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Tennis: Warm up with TRX equipment

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DESCRIPTION

Players perform their regular warm up routines based on running, jump rope and dynamic stretching.

Players rally together to warm up all strokes.

Coach prepares specific exercises to start improving from the beginning:

TRX squat drill: Player faces the wall, then maintaining the correct position (tension on the straps, straight upper body), performs a squat. To make it more difficult, the player should bring his/her feet closer to the wall.
TRX row drill: Player faces the wall, then maintaining the correct position (tension on the straps, straight upper body) performs a rowing action. To make it more difficult, the player should bring his/her feet closer to the wall.

COACHING POINTS

The first ten minutes of the practice are as important as the last 10 so a proper mental and physical approach is needed to improve skills.

The coach should pay attention to player's focus to ensure they have a professional attitude from the beginning of the session.

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Agility & Fitness

Warm up: touching the cones:

Players warm up by running and performing dynamic stretches.

The coach should ask players to perform exercises which will help to develop the skills related to the half-volley.

In this warm up set up two cones about 1.5 metres apart. Ask your player to stand facing the cones, then reach down to the cone on his/her left with their right hand.

Then return to the standing position before reaching for the left cone with the right hand.

Volley Drills

Confidence hitting down the line:

Set up two sets of cones around 1metre inside the service line, either side of the coach who stands in the centre of the court.

The coach then feeds balls to the player so he/she has to hit either and backhand or forehand down the line shot.

The player must execute all strokes in down the line direction aiming for between the cones.

Passing Shots Drills

Hitting in all directions:

Player and coach rally together.

The player hits shots in this pattern:

forehand cross court
forehand down the line
backhand cross court
backhand down the line

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