Tennis: Slow The Rhythm & Then Accelerate

The player stands close to the net on the deuce side. The coach feeds diagonal ball to the ad side. The player then sprints across the centre and hits a backhand stop volley cross-court.

Coach feeds 3 balls to the player's deuce side down the line. Standing on the base line, the player moves to their right to meet the ball on their forehand side. The player then returns the ball hitting forehand cross court to the corner of the deuce side between cones. he/she then moves back to the centre of the base line. The coach then feeds the next ball on the players deuce side service line. The player moves foreward and returns using a forehand cross court short to the corner of the deuce side. Player then returns back to the centre of the baseline. Coach then feeds the third ball a few feet beyond the net. Players moves to meet it and agins, using a forehand cross court shot, returns the ball beteen the cones set up on the cross court shot side.

• Player serves wide from the ad side.
• Coach returns with backhand cross-court.
• Player responds with finishing backhand down the line.

• Coach feeds two balls to the deuce side and one ball to the ad side.
• The coach fees the last ball a little shorter to the forehand side.
• Player executes patterns from the baseline hitting forehand cross-court, forehand down the line and backhand cross-court.
• The last ball player moves inside the court and hits a finishing forehand down the line.