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Tennis: Hit the Cone

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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.

COACHING POINTS

Players must be try to return behind the cone after hitting the ball.

As a progression you can introduce a net between the two cones.

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Five Alive:

Separate the whole group into teams of around 5-6. Each team nominates a player to feed first.

When ready the feeder throws the ball to each player consecutively until the team has caught 5 balls.

The team getting to 5 first shouts Five Alive and win the first point.

A new feeder is selected by each team, and the next round begins.

Coordination / Fun Games

Ghosts:

-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!!

Coordination / Fun Games