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Tennis: Return and Volley Pattern

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Coach serves from the deuce side to the T. Player hits backhand deep return cross court and comes to the net. Coach feeds the next ball to the deuce side. Player finishes with forehand deep volley cross court.

COACHING POINTS

Building patterns is the most important thing for any player. You need some weapons to win the points and patterns are these kind of weapons. Make sure that your players have shots that they can use consistenly over and over again. Tennis is a decision game but if we leave decisions for the last second, we can finish poorly.

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Players can struggle with control if they have habits to make big backswings at the net. If your player is not able to hit compact volleys, try this correcting exercise. Player stands close to the fence (back almost touches the fence). Coach feeds balls so player can practice volleys. Fence prevents from taking too big backswing on the volleys.

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Return Cross Court:

Coach serves from the service line and the player returns the ball cross court.

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Recovery Volleys (Second Position):

Players are positioned just inside centre service line. Player then moves forward for forehand volley then recovers around cone for backhand volley

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