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Tennis: Working on ground strokes

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-Alternate feeding to forehand and backhand side.
-Players in line shadow hit behind the front player.
-After two strokes hitters move to back of alternate lines.

COACHING POINTS

Work on ground stroke techniques or accuracy.

Encourage quick recovery to the middle.

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Ground strokes under pressure:

-Feeder hits first ball to forehand alley.
-The second ball if fed to backhand alley.
-The third feed goes deep to the forehand side.

Forehand & Backhand Drill

Lateral Forehands 2:

Players start off in doubles alley (Forehand Corner) and moves along baseline hitting 2 backhands.

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Keepeeupeeeeee!:

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.

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Anticipation and reactions:

Player side steps until the coach drops a ball.

The player must catch the ball before the second bounce. Players can also start from a stationary position with heels of the ground or hopping on one leg or criss crossing the legs or with player starting with their back to coach and the coach shouting out when throwing the ball.

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