Tennis: Forehand stations

Cones (stations) are set on the player's side and the player starts from the first station. The coach feeds the ball to the first station and the player hits forehand. If the ball is hit inside the court player moves to the next station.

Coach sets up a target (basket). Players compete with each other while trying to throw the ball inside the basket.

-Players hit one shot each and if they return it into court they return to the back of the queue, if they make a mistake they become a ghost. -Ghosts must go to the same end as the feeder. If they catch a ball before it bounces they come back to life again (swapping with the person who hit that ball). -The winner is the player who is last one alive!!

The coach feeds the ball to the player, and the player hits a backhand stroke. If the ball is hit inside the court player runs, puts the hurdle and runs over it. The player's goal is to put all the hurdles.

Start with one marker on the floor. The player must hit the ball upwards and get the ball to land on the marker, (5 points for each success.) - Now get the players into pairs, taking it in turns to hit the same cone (still 5 points each time.) -Now give them two cones, placed about 1-2 metres apart and get them to aim for each others markers (10 points)They must let the ball bounce before the hit it. -This is now a basic rally.

Players work in groups of 2-6. Players get in a circle and attempt to keep the ball in the air for as long as possible.

The coach's side is divided into 4 zones. The coach feeds the ball to the forehand side, and the player hits the forehand. If the player hits one of the zones, she takes the cone and marks this zone. Now player aims for other zones and the goal is to make them all!

Players rally groundstokes to groundstrokes (down the line)

2 players volley down the line to groundstrokes (second volley position)

Players rally groundstrokes to groundstrokes (Crosscourt)

Each player has own area with cones placed all around, and players start bouncing the ball up and they try to hit own cone. If the cone is hit, the player takes the cone and puts on the other player's area. The goal is to move as many cones to the other player as possible.

Players are playing the point out from the hand but are taking it in turns to hit alternate shots with their partner. Pairs take it in turns to feed the first ball in but as soon as the point has finished the next ball can be fed in immediately. Players can play first to 11 points before switching partners and after 3 rotations the individual players' totals are added up.

Players play the point out from the hand with each end of the court taking it in turns to feed the first ball in. If the player wins the point they stay on to play the next one with a maximum of 3 points in a row being played before switching with their partner. As soon as the point is complete the next ball can be fed in without having to wait for the opposing players to be ready. The drill should be non-stop, and the players are playing as a team with their points counting together. Players can play first to 11 points in this way.

Players play out the point from the hand in the usual way. However if either player manages to hit a winning ball back behind* their opponent, wrong footing them, they get 2 points instead of 1. First to 11 points wins! * Back behind is a shot which is hit into the space the other player is running-away from. So it is a shot which wrong-foots your opponent.

Players rally together. Players have to pop the ball up before they hit across the net.

-Two or more players on each side of the net at the service line with one racket per team. -The first player hits one shot and passes the racket to the next team player. -This can be performed in one of the service boxes at first.

Each player has 2 racquets and the players rally together. Each player has to catch the ball between the racquets before the ball is hit back.

Coach stands next to the player with racket in hand. Coach moves arm with the racket towards the side of the player (waist’s height). Player shadows backhand motion with the aim of moving the racket’s head below the coaches racket.

This is a simple relay race through the cones with some fun variations for your players: First person in each team balances the ball on their strings moving around the cones to the net and back (like an egg and spoon race) The ball is then passed to the strings of the person next in line, who repeat the run The first team to finish wins the race

-Pick two teams, one team are the hitters, the other the runners. -The hitters take it in turns to hit the ball over the net, back to the feeder or to a designated area.The coach has to choose the target according to players level of ability. -The team scores a point each time a shot is hit to the agreed target. -The runners take it in turn to run around the outside of the court, back to the team like relay race. -Once all of the running team have done a round they shout stop, and the points of the hitting team freeze. -The teams then swap sides and the new hitting team has to beat their score.