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Tennis: Work On Your Balance

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Coach stands on the player's side
Coach drops 2 balls from each position (in front of the player, on the side, behind the player). Player runs 2 times to each position and executes regular forehand with aim to keep balanced body

COACHING POINTS

In this drill, the player works on balance while hitting a forehand from different positions on the court
Player learns how to set up good distance to the ball and have control over the body and the racket to play quality shots without mistakes
The coach should pay attention to the player's footwork and also to the body control while hitting because if a player has any flaws in this simple environment, mistakes will start to multiply while playing in more demanding environment under the pressure
For more advanced athletes, the coach can increase the number of balls in the set to see how being tired affects player's quality of shots

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Backhand Can Finish The Point:

Player starts on the baseline
Coach alternates feeding low and high short balls to the backhand side
Player moves forward and hits offensive backhand into side zones from different points of contact

Forehand & Backhand Drill

Catch and hit:

The player stand at the net, with cones set up in the deuce corner. The coach feeds a lob - the player moves to the ball, catches the ball in the hand, throws the ball up and hits overhead deep to the deuce corner.

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Surprise your opponent:

The player rallies with other player using only backhand cross-court. When the player receives an easy ball he should play drop shot down the line.

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All About The Legs:

Cones are set in front of the player inside the service boxes
The coach alternates feeding to the forehand and to the backhand
The player makes a split step over the cones, executes a regular volley and recovers behind the cones to start the action with the other volley too.

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