Tennis: Heads and Tails

The player starts on the baseline The coach feeds deep balls to the deuce side The player alternates responding to these balls with half-volley and movement back and hitting regular shot from deep zone

Coach stands close to the net and feeds balls close to the net on the player's side of the court to mimic a drop shot. Starting at the baseline the player has to run and hit a return drop shot down the line. Cones should be set out to give the player a target to aim for.

Coach feeds balls in three different directions (forehand, centre, backhand). Player moves to the balls and hits all of them into side zones.

Player serves the ball, and immediately after serving, the coach tosses a deep ball into player's body. The player's goal is to move back and hit with control.

Player serves wide from the ad side. Coach feeds 2 balls to the ad side. Player executes pattern using forehand inside in and forehand inside out.

Player serves from one side. Coach feeds random ball as a return. Player reacts and hits the next shot to the open space.

Use 1/2 court to play 2 feeders per court basket in the middle of the base line. Feeders 1st feed a short ball followed by a lob player on the other side hit the 2 shots and move out of the way for the next player.

Player starts in the middle and sprints to the deuce corner, imitating a forehand stroke. Immediately, the player changes direction and sprints all the way to the other corner to finish imitating backhand stroke.

Player stands on the baseline Coach feeds high topspin ball to the backhand side Player hits backhand slice on the rise

Player starts in the middle behind the baseline. Coach feeds balls alternately to the forehand and backhand. The player should move in a smile shape around the baseline, with the tops of the smile being where they hit the ball and the bottom of the smile their recovery position.

Coach demonstrates proper footwork to hit forehand inside out/in. Players try to imitate this footwork without hitting the ball to make it more natural. Players take big cross over step behind and jump from both legs to achieve stable position before imitating hitting the ball.

Players should be encouraged to splitstep after each shot, and to use the correct footwork and racket technique on each and every shadow. Being under no pressure with a ball to hit, there is no excuse for poor posture or an off balanced body!

In this drill, player works on slice skills while using different footwork patterns Player stands on the deuce side Coach feeds balls to the ad side Player alternates hitting backhand slice in balanced position and backhand slice while sliding

This game requires two or more teams. Both teams are trying to place the ball into the opposing team's hoop, however they are not allowed to run with the ball. On receiving the ball, the player must touch the ground first with the ball and pass it to a team-mate within 3 seconds.

Within each zone, there are approximately four people each with a tennis ball which they have to dribble with whilst staying in their zone. The aim is to try and kick the other persons ball out of the zone whilst you keep yours in the zone. The last person in the zone is the winner.

The coach feeds from the basket at random a selection of four balls for each player. The player must take every ball at the top of the bounce or on the rise. If the coach deems that they have not succeeded in doing this they lose a life! Each player gets 3 lives. The last player standing wins the drill!

Player starts on the service line (facing back fence). Player shuffles from side to side until when the coach says "GO!" and feeds the ball. The player's goal is to then turn, react and hit the volley.

Players start on the side of the court and run across where they return the ball from a feeder and continue running to hit another ball before running to the other side of the court, and recovering while walking round the court to join the back of the queue.

Player serves wide from the ad side. Coach returns with backhand cross-court. Player responds with finishing backhand down the line.

Player starts from the baseline and moves forward after every shot. Coach throws balls at different heights and distances for Player to alternate hitting half volleys and regular volleys back to Coach.