Tennis: Kick Serve

Player 1 is serving and will play a sequence of 4 points against player 2 as follows: Serving from the deuce court player 1 must serve wide. Player 2 must return the shot to player 1's forehand side. Serving from the deuce court player 1 must serve inside. Player 2 must return the shot to player 1's backhand side. Serving from the advantage court player 1 must serve inside to player 2 who must return the ball to player 1's forehand corner. Serving from the advantage court player 1 must serve wide to player 2 who must return the ball to player 1's backhand side.

Player 1 serves and follows it in to hit a volley. Player 2 must attempt to hit a return cross court. Player 1 then hits a volley angled cross court to target area.

Player serves from one side. Coach feeds random ball after the serve is in. Player reacts and has to hit forehand from all the court.

Player serves the ball, and immediately after serving, the coach tosses a deep ball into player's body. The player's goal is to move back and hit with control.

Player serves wide from the ad side. Coach feeds 2 balls to the ad side. Player executes pattern using forehand inside in and forehand inside out.

The player hits a serve to either the ad or deuce side. The coach, who is in front of the player, then feeds him/her a low ball. The player has to react quickly after the serve and hit consistently low and flat returns over the net.

A cone is placed on the baseline. The player performs regular serve, where the goal is for them to jump over the cone while serving.

Coach is in front of the player. Coach rolls the ball on the ground quickly after player serves the ball. Player's goal is to recover behind the baseline before ball goes between the legs.

The player performs regular serve. After the serve, the player recovers behind the baseline as fast as possible.

The player serves from the Deuce side, aiming for the body of the imaginary opponent. The coach then feeds the ball to the player's backhand side. The player then has to hit an aggressive forehand inside out by running around to get into position to hit the shot.

Player A serves softly from between the service line and the base line and player B has to return across the court. The point only begins when player A makes their first volley. The first player to 7 points then swap Progression - As above but server starts from baseline As above if the server can make 1st volley a winner then an extra two points can be scored.

-Player serves diagonally to returner / feeder who hits cross court. -Server moves forward and volleys back to returner / feeder. -Returner / feeder hits a short low ball to the net players feet. -The returner / feeder then plays out the point. -Lobs are only allowed after a minimum of two volleys.

Player 1 serves a 1st Serve and follows it in to hit a volley. If returner is finding it hard then serve a 2nd serve. Serve volley behind the returner i.e. to the same direction that the ball came from to wrong foot the opponent.

Player A executes serve into the body. Player B hits the return. Player A finishes the point with a volley. Drill specifications : 1 repetition per set To make this drill really dynamic players should switch after one point at the serving side. Returning players can switch after few points to guarantee good consistency and more opportunities for the servers to work on the pattern. Waiting players should perform sprints next to the court to improve the speed that is really helpful while running to the net after the serve.

To aquire the correct serve grip, tell the players to hold the head of the racket with their playing hand with the thumb and the fingers touching the strings. Player should then slide their hand down the rackets and grab the handle in this position

A hoop is set on the ad side in a standing position. Player serves from the ad side, and tries to make the ball land inside the hoop.

Player serves to the T from deuce side Coach feeds the ball to the ad side Player takes forehand and hits it to the ad side

Divide the box into 3 areas using TDL (Throw down lines) First person to hit each area 3 times on both the deuce and advantage boxes is the winner Progression - The server has to say which area they are going to serve into if the serve lands in that area and they win the point they get a bonus point

Player performs serves from the basket. Player hits from the deuce side using topspin serve to the body.

Player serves to the T from ad side. Coach hits easier return to the backhand side. Player moves inside the baseline and around the backhand to hit an offensive forehand inside in.