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Tennis: Tactical Awareness With Side Zones

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Player stands on the deuce side.
Coach serves to the T.
Player hits backhand return to the deuce side.
Coach hits the ball back in cross-court direction.
Player executes forehand down the line.

COACHING POINTS

Players works on learning how to build the point with the return.
Players have to understand that they have a chance to break the opponent if they plan their actions ahead and they feel comfortable with playing the balls into side zones.
By placing a return to one side, a player has a chance to move rivals with the next attempt and to put more pressure not only on this point but also on the plan of executing the next serve with more risk.
A coach can add specific zones to aim at and give points for every successful pattern the returner makes.

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Body Serve From The Deuce Side:

Player serves to the body from the deuce side, aiming through the cones. The coach then feeds a regular ball to the advantage side, and the player finishes with a deep backhand cross-court in between the cones on the other side of the court.

Serve and Return

Answer drop shot:

The player stands on the baseline and the coach stands close to the net. The coach feeds drop shot to the backhand side. The player sprints forward and hits deep backhand slice down the line off drop shot.

Backhand Drills

Advanced progression of Returning drills:

Player 1 hits a serve, with player 2Â trying to return between the baseline and the Throw Down Line (lines are placed according to player's level).

Serve and Return

Attacking forehands on the move:

Coach feeds three balls per player from the basket.

Players should aim to hit the targets (as in diagram - can use cones to mark out targets).

The aim is to encourage players to progressively attack on the move.

Forehand Drills

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