HOME Tennis Drills Movement

Tennis: Swiss Handball

Sportplan has been very helpful in guiding me through my first year...

Bill, Newly qualified coach

DESCRIPTION

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.

COACHING POINTS

This is a great warm up to get players (especially younger players) moving and warmed up before your training session.

First team to 3 points wins.

READ MORE

READ LESS

OFTEN USED WITH...

Gladiator:

2 teams. One team has only 2 people who are gladiators. The other 4 have to balance the ball on their racquets and put it in the hoop without being tagged. When they are tagged they have to go back to the bucket to start again. Give them 2 minutes then stop.

Movement

Heads and Tails:

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.

Movement

Tennis Football:

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.

Movement

Anticipation and reactions:

Player side steps until the coach drops a ball.

The player must catch the ball before the second bounce. Players can also start from a stationary position with heels of the ground or hopping on one leg or criss crossing the legs or with player starting with their back to coach and the coach shouting out when throwing the ball.

Movement

36327

1010