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DESCRIPTION

  • Coach feeds one short ball and one deeper ball to the ad side.
  • Player moves forward to the short ball and hits an offensive backhand cross-court.
  • Player then recovers and moves back to the deeper ball and hits forehand topspin inside out.

COACHING POINTS

  • In this drill player learns how to choose one area on the court and exploit it maximally.
  • A lot of opponents have weaker backhands than forehands so being able to hit the ball to players backhand side over and over again is a key skill to take advantage of a weakness.
  • It is important to understand that a player should not only hit the ball in one direction but also should apply different speed, trajectory and spin to make the return more uncomfortable.

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-After two strokes hitters move to back of alternate lines.

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Volley Alternates:

Moving in from no mans land. Forehand volley 1st, backhand volley 2nd

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