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Tennis: Bounce Over The Bar

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DESCRIPTION

  • Bar is set on the deuce side.
  • Player serves from the deuce side.
  • Player tries to make the ball bounce over the the set bar.

COACHING POINTS

  • In this drill player works on pace control and serve’s depth.
  • Bar is set to give player a constant feedback related to his delivery.
  • The goal is to make the ball bounce over the bar so only by tossing well and controlling pace of the ball players are able to make successful attempts.
  • For more advanced serves coach can give number of good serves to achieve or try to make player hit 2 good serves in a row.

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