Tennis: Rally to the Advantage Side

Player stands inside the service box. Coach stands on the service line. Player rallies with coach down the line. Coach hits all the balls using regular strokes. Player hits using only the backhand half-volleys.

-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.

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!    

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!

Players rally up and down the middle of the court while standing on the service line using their non-dominant hand, looking for as much control as they can get.

Player stands on the baseline. Coach feeds balls to the deuce side. Player executes forehand angle slice cross-court, forehand deep slice cross-court and forehand drop shot down the line.

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.

Players rally together. Players have to pop the ball up before they hit across the net.

Player and coach rally together. Coach stands in ad corner and hits 2 balls to player's backhand and 1 ball to player's forehand. Player executes pattern of hitting 2 backhand slices cross-court and 1 forehand topspin down the line.

Description same as t30031 however if server can make 1st volley a winner they score 2 extra points.

Mark out continuations of the outside tram lines behind the court. Play out normal points but player can claim bonus points if the win the point after 'pushing' their opponent beyond the tram-lines.

Both player and coach stand on their ad side. Player rallies with coach using pattern based on backhand topspin cross-court, backhand slice cross-court and forehand down the line.

-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.

Players rally together, but instead of both players using the racquet, one player uses their legs and feet to control and kick the ball over the net, while the other player does use their racquet before swapping. This exercise is a great tool to have fun while working on co-ordination skills and also helps players improve their ball perception abilities.

Coach stands in the advantage corner. Coach and player rally together before the coach moves the player around the court. The player's goal is to make all balls to the advantage corner.

Player and coach rally together using forehands in the cross-court direction. On deep balls, the player stays close to the baseline and hits a forehand half volley.

The player rallies with the coach using forehand cross-court After every shot, player moves to the cones and changes the location of the ball

Coach and player rally through the center of the court. Player has to alternate hitting forehand and backhand.

The coach stands at the net and rallies with a player. The coach hits all the balls randomly and can change position. The player has to play all the ball back to the coach even if she changed her court position. Opponent's perception is a skill as any other that players have to practice. Most of the time players focus on the ball so they are pretty good with ball perception but they don't have the same ability according to the opponent. Knowing where the rival is situated on the court can be a great advantage because we can use more effective tactical decisions and win points without taking too much risk.

Coach stands at the net. Player and coach rally together. Coach hits everything to the deuce side. Player hits only forehand cross court.