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Tennis: Add Some Variety

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Coach feeds short balls to the player. Player alternates offensive shot and drop shot.

COACHING POINTS

Using drop shots can be a real weapon for any level player. When you expect a drop shot, you will probably position yourself closer to the baseline but when you expect a powerful drive, you will move back behind the baseline. Players who mix up offensive shots with drop shots are really successful because their opponents don't know where to stand to respond effectively.

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Mix the Game Up Using the Drop Shot

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OFTEN USED WITH...

Aggressive Forehand:

Coach stands on the player's side of the court and feeds the ball with the racquet off the ground. Player moves forward and hits an aggressive forehand.

Forehand Drills

Attacking forehands on the move:

Coach feeds three balls per player from the basket.

Players should aim to hit the targets (as in diagram - can use cones to mark out targets).

The aim is to encourage players to progressively attack on the move.

Forehand Drills

1 High 1 Low - Forehand:

In this exercise, the coach feeds all the balls to one side. The player's goal is to alternate shots with higher and lower trajectory over the net, firstly hitting a high shot, followed by a low shot, and this is repeated.

Forehand Drills

Cross court inside-out forehands:

The coach feeds the first ball in and then players have to keep the rally going, running around the ball to play a cross-court forehand into the coned area.

So player 1 hits the ball to player 1 on the other team who then returns to player 2 and so on.

Forehand Drills

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