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Tennis: Serve it through the hoop

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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.

COACHING POINTS

Serve, rally and score is a motto for teaching kids nowadays.

It is important to teach these basics of tennis as soon as possible to let kids fall in love with the sport. Serving motion is the most complex process in tennis so more emphasis should be put on placement at young age, rather than the perfect technique.

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Answer the serve:

Coach serves from the deuce side. The player then hits a cross-court forehand return.

Serve and Return

Serve and Volley:

-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.

Serve and Return

Add Your Hips:

Coach stands in front of the player with racquet.

The player shadows the serve while trying to touch the coach's racquet with their leading hip.

Serve and Return

Mini-returning skills with the cone:

Player stands on the ad side with a cone in hand. Coach serves from the ad side. Player then catches the ball inside the cone and throws it over the net.

During the first few tennis lessons, it can be too hard for kids to return the ball with the racquet. So the coach has to adapt to this situation and still improve returning skills; using a cone is a great opportunity to imitate a returning environment and improve receiving abilities.

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