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Tennis: No winners allowed

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Purpose:

To learn that errors are costly in singles.

To develop error free point building

Players feed 2 points alternately. Only points lost by an error count on the score. Play up to 7 points. Winners don't score!

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No winners!:

Players are working in the full court and take it in turns to feed the ball in out of their hand.

They are playing the point out as normal but with the stipulation that they are not allowed to hit a winner to win the point! Players must make their best effort to reach balls, it is up to the coach to decide whether they have done this and whether the ball hit was an outright winner - in which case it will not be counted!

Players can play first to 11 points, this can and should take a quite a long time!

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Plus and Minus Rewards:

Players play the point out from their hand in a full court as normal.

If they win the point with a clear winner or by forcing an error from their opponent they get plus 1 point. However, if they make an unforced error of any kind, they get minus 1 point.

Players can play until 1 player reaches plus or minus 7 points.

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Moving opponent:

-Place markers in each corner.
-Players aim for either of the two outside markers attempting to make the opponent move.
-Players must recover quickly after each shot.

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Queen/King of Depth:

-Both players have cones approx 2 meters in front of base line (depending on players skill level.
-Players gain a point each time they hit between the cone and the base line.
-First player to 11 points wins the game.
To make the drill easier it can be played on one half of the court and later progressed to full court.
The game can also be started with with a second serve.

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