Tennis: Turn and Hit

Player stands in one corner and the coach feeds a difficult ball to the other corner. Player runs and hits the ball on the run in cross court direction.

Three cones are set on the deuce side close to the sideline. Player starts from the centre of the baseline. Player sprints to the first cone and imitates forehand stroke. Player recovers back and repeats the same action to the other cones.

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.

Players start off on centre and hit 3 shots: Forehand crosscourt, backhand down the line and forehand crosscourt. (All shots back to coach position 3)

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.

1 cone is set on the side of the player and 1 cone is set in front of the player Player imitates forehand from open stance and forehand from close stance While moving to the cone, player loads proper leg and maintains balance on on one leg after the shot

Coach feeds 5 balls to the ad side with different width Player runs around and hits forehands from ad side

Hula-hoops are set on the left and right side in front of the player. Coach stands in front of the player Player jumps into the left hoop, catches the ball in left hand and lands only on one leg Player throws the ball back to coach and performs the same activity to the right side

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.