Tennis: Drop And Run

The red players are facing away from the blue players with their legs astride on the inside tramline. The blue players then underarm throw the balls either over the red players heads or thru their legs. The red players have to react as quickly as possible. The red players have to try and stop the ball before it reaches the center line.

The coach stands at the centre of the court at the net. He/she then feeds the ball to the player's ad side and lifts the racquet up above their head. The player has to move toward the ball and hit a backhand lob cross court. The aim of this drill is for the player to get the ball to pass above the coach's racquet.

Both players rally from the service line trying to keep the ball in the tramlines. However Player A must play one forehand then one backhand alternatively. The first player to hit it out of the tramlines wins the point. The first player to 11 points then swap.

Coach feeds a long ball across the court. Players have to run across the court to play the ball deep down the line and then across to the net to play a short drop shot down the line. Each player hits the 2 shots and then go to the back of the queue.

Coach feeds easy ball to the backhand side. Player hits backhand cross court (approach shot) and moves forward. Coach hits the ball back to make player respond with backhand cross court volley. Coach hits again and player has to finish with forehand cross court volley.

Coach stands in front of the player. Coach throws balls behind the player. Player has to react and hit the overhead with control.

Player stands on the baseline Coach stands in front of the player Coach alternates feeding short and deep balls to the backhand side Player hits backhand slice alternating loading front and back leg before the hit

Cones are set on the player’s side in horizontal pattern The player starts from left side, moves between the cones and executes forehand volley into the target The player recovers back and moves between the next cones After reaching the last cone on the right side, player does the same with movement to the left and hits backhand volley

Court is divided into 3 zones ("Deep" Cones to the baseline, "Medium" Cones to the service line; "Short" Service box). Coach feeds random balls. Player has to react and make proper decisions related to the zones. If the ball is deep, player has to move back and hit higher cross court. If the ball is medium, player can make own decision and hit neutral or aggressive shot. If the ball is short, player has to move forward and hit aggressively down the line or make a drop shot.

Player performs split step jumps forwards between the cones. Once they reach the end cone, they will turn and repeat this back to where they started.

Coach stays behind the service line and feeds shorter ball to player's forehand. Player hits forehand half-volley back to coach in down the line direction and moves forward. Coach hits the ball in cross-court direction using volley. Player finishes set with deep backhand volley down the line.

Hula hoops are set on the court to help player imitate movement for open stance forehand The player performs a split step in the first cone and uses shuffle step to move to the side At the end, the coach throws the ball so the player can hit a forehand whilst using open stance

Players stand on the base line, with one player in front of another. Player two (the player without the ball) has their back to their partner. Player 1 can throw the ball when they like. As soon as player 2 sees the ball coming over their head they must react and move to catch it (preferably its second bounce) and then return to their partner in order to repeat.

To maintain accurate passing down the line. Passing shots under extreme pressure.   Coach feeds to alternate sides for Player A. Player A hits down the line shots to beat player B. Player B attempts to intercept the passing shots on the volley.

Player goes around the cones and hits forehands and backhands.

Purpose: Learn correct movement "cutting in" to play shorter balls. Coach feeds alternately from side to side. Player must stay inside the throw down lines and learn to move in a "smile" shape around the baseline. Feed in sets of 10-12 balls.

Player starts from the baseline. Coach feeds a slow and high ball to the forehand side. Player sprints forward and hits deep forehand volley on the run to the ad side. Player follows to the net with the coach feeding a second ball to the ad side. Player finishes with backhand stop volley cross-court.

Coach stands in front of the player and feeds random balls (Forehand, Backhand, Low, Short, Deep etc). Player has to react and adjust to incoming balls.

Player rolls the ball. Player tries to make as many circles around the ball as possible while facing the net all the time.

Player starts from the service line. Coach drops the ball from the net to the deuce side. Player sprints to the ball and hits a counter drop-shot cross-court with control.