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Tennis: Waves!

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DESCRIPTION

Players are playing doubles points from the hand in pairs.

The pair who wins the point moves to the service line which is their starting position for the next point. Should they win the point from this starting position, players score 1 point and get to stay where there are. Should they lose the point from starting on the service line, they must move back to the baseline.

COACHING POINTS

All players must have balls at the ready to be fed in. The feed becomes quite important so players must be encouraged to think tactically about where and how they place the first ball. Players can therefore choose whether they feed the ball in immediately or whether they take their time to get in position themselves before they do this.

The game of waves should be played non-stop. Players will be moving continuously throughout the drill, at high intensity.

Notes:

The pair that wins the point feeds the next point, and this ball can be fed in immediately, whether the opposing pair are in position or not.

It must be fed from low to high, from behind the baseline or service line depending on the start position and cannot be volleyed from the opposing pair.

Players play first to 21 points.

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OFTEN USED WITH...

Using the middle to neutralise:

Player 1 is working in a full court and player 2 is 'feeding' from the centre of the court along the baseline. The players rally co-operatively for 3 minutes but with player 2 working the ball around the full-court making player 1 move a reasonable amount without a pattern.

Player 1 is aiming for the rectangle at the back of the court marked by targets and player 2 should count how many balls player 1 makes into the rectangle within the 3 minutes. When the time is up the players switch roles.

This drill can be repeated 3 times for each player and then the totals added up to see who was the most accurate!

Rally Drills

Under pressure ground strokes:

-Rally until a mistake is made by the baseliner.
-Baseliners swap out on mistakes.
-Volley player swaps after 2-3 minutes.

Rally Drills

Width:

Use this drill after "crosscourt theory"

Purpose:

Understanding the importance of width

Coach feeds the ball to begin.

Central third of court is out.

Progress to 2 Players rallying full court

Feed underhand for 2 points alternately

Play to 11 points

Rally Drills

Use the alley:

Tactic
Determine the rally with the wide serve. How effective is the serve on a wide serve.

Description
Player A is serving in area A all the time. However player B is not allowed to to stand in the tramlines before player A serves. Then play out points first to 7 points. Player A should be trying to dominate the rally with their serve pulling player B into or beyond the tramlines.

Rally Drills

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