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Tennis: Lateral Forehands 2

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

COACHING POINTS

Last stop should be forwards. The ball and elbow should not be close to body at contact

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Working on ground strokes:

-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.

Forehand & Backhand Drill

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.

Volley Drills

Attacking Midcourt Balls:

This drill should be used to help players deal with easy balls and get them to attack the ball.

The coach starts the drill with a mid-court feed, at various heights.

The player has to hit the ball to the targets either deep or angled.

The coach feeds 6 balls and then the next player starts.

Attacking

The Wall:

4 players 2 at the net and 2 at the baseline.

Coach feeds the ball in to the baseliners and the point is played out.

The volleyers can hit anywhere, however the baseliners cannot hit to the same volleyer twice in a row.

After 2 volleys the baseliners are then allowed to lob.

The winner is the first team to 11 points, after this the teams swap over.

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