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Tennis: Toss Should Help You

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DESCRIPTION

Player stands close to the fence (fence is on the right side of the player).
Player tosses the ball up and catches it.
The fence gives the feedback to the player about the placement of the toss.

COACHING POINTS

Player works on proper placement of the toss.
Players tend to toss the ball too much to the right which forces the server to add more sidespin to the shot.
Each type of the serve requires a little bit different toss placement so being able to vary the toss is an advantage to maintain a high quality serve.
The biggest asset of this drill is the fact that it can be done at free time without supervision of the coach.

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Contact point:

Tell the players to stand close the surrounding netting of the court and ask the players to throw up the ball and trap it between strings and fence.

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Accuracy Toss:

The player tosses the ball up and leaves the non-dominant hand in the air. Ball should drop into the player's hand.

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As high as you can:

The player faces the back fence and imitates serving action. The player's goal is to reach with the racquet as high as possible and touch the fence with the top edge of the racquet.

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Ambidextrous Rally:

Coach and player rally together.
Using 2 racquets each, coach and player have to always catch the ball between the racquets and then hit it over the net back to the partner.

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