Tennis: Lob on the move

Give your players a helping hand on court, by handing them a whole arsenal of shots to work with, from the slice to the drop shot!

Player 1 is working in the full court and player 2 in half court, starting with the backhand corner.

The coach (or player 3) feeds a very short ball/ dropshot that player 1 must chase down and push back deep into the corner where player 2 is waiting.

Player 2 must then attempt to hit a winning topspin lob aggressively over player 1 who has moved to the net after playing the dropshot.

Player 1 can try to chase down the lob if it goes over their head or smash/ volley it away into the backhand corner if the lob is not good enough.

Players switch ends before repeating the drill to the other corner.

The coach feeds the ball to the backhand side, and the player hits backhand drop shot down the line and moves forward. The coach comes then to the net and feeds the ball to the backhand side. The player finishes with backhand volley lob cross-court.

The coach feeds a challenging ball across the court to player 1 who has to lob player 2 with a top spin lob. Player 2 starts at the service line and moves towards the net before trying to smash the return if they can reach it.

The coach feeds balls to the deuce side, whilst the player alternates forehand topspin and forehand slice in cross court direction.