Tennis: Relay race

This week we've selected 7 of our favourite warm up drills and games - specifically chosen to help you wake players up, improve their agility and get them moving!

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.

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.

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.

-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.