Players start on the baseline with a ball on their racket strings.
They run up to the net where they swap over the ball with the player on the opposite side of the net.
They then run back to the baseline.
If more players are involved then the ball can be passed to the next player and so on till everyone in the team has had a go.
Depending on the level of players conditions can be added, such as:
Most club players practise the serve on its own and then have no idea what to do with the ball that comes back. Serve plus one is the pattern that turns a good serve into a won point.
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