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Tennis: Don't Slow Down the Racket

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Player stands on the baseline. Coach stands next to the player.
Coach drops the balls with low bounces without a pause.
Player executes low backhands with full acceleration.

COACHING POINTS

Player will improve technical aspect while hitting low backhands from the baseline.
Players who get surprised by receiving deep and flat balls to the center of the court make mistakes and slow down the racket to control the shot. This lack of acceleration makes the ball fly higher and shorter than a ball where the racket is accelerated at the end. That is why players have to perform many repetitions with low position and racket acceleration to make the response to this particular ball automatic.

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Difficult backhand volley:

Player stands close to the center.
Coach feeds hard ball close to the sideline.
Player tries to hit the ball with backhand volley.

Volley Drills

Cross Court Backhand/Backhand:

Coach feeds the ball down the line to player 1 who plays a deep cross court backhand (shot 1).

Player 2 returns also playing a deep cross court backhand (shot 2).

Player 1 then plays a backhand down the line (shot 3) back to the coach.

The drill is continuous playing the same shots.

Rotate players 1 and 2.

Backhand Drills

Drive and Drop:

The player stands on the service line, while the coach feeds a higher ball to the ad side. The player hits backhand drive in the air down the line and moves closer to the net. The coach feeds another ball to the ad side, and the player finishes with backhand drop volley down the line.

Backhand drive in the air is an offensive shot so most of the time it should be connected with moving forward and trying to win the point at the net. Ability to pick proper balls to atack with drive in the air is a skill that has to be practiced from the early years.

Backhand Drills

Deuce T and Backhand Air Cross-Court:

The player serves to the T from the deuce side and the coach feeds a higher ball to the ad side. The player then finishes with deep backhand drive in the air cross-court.

Backhand Drills

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