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Tennis: Lateral Forehands (Backwards) (Dead Ball)

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Drill Set-Up:
Players start off in doubles alley (Forehand corner) and moves along baseline hitting 2 backhands.
Topic of Emphasis:
Last stop should be towards the ball and elbows should not be too close to body at contact.
Variation:

  • Players can hit 3 shots.
  • Players can alternate the direction of the balls.

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    Lateral Forehands (Forwards) (Dead Ball):

    Drill Set-Up:
    Players start off in doubles alley (backhand corner) and moves along baseline hitting 2 forehands.
    Topic of Empahsis:
    As players move sideways they must take last step towards ball at contact.
    Variation:

  • Players can hit 3 shots.
  • Players can alternate the direction of the balls.

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    Inside-out Forehand:


    Coach feeds the ball down the line
    The player starts in the middle and runs round to hit an inside-out cross court forehand to the target area
    Alternatively a target can be positioned down the line and every third stroke can be hit to that direction

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    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.

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    Lateral Forehands Drill:

    Players start off in doubles alley and move along the baseline hitting 2 forehands.

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