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Tennis: Imitate Volley With Correct Grip

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DESCRIPTION

  • Player inserts a pen between their hand and the grip of the racket.
  • Player uses a continental grip and imitates the volley movement.

COACHING POINTS

  • In this drill the player is working on feeling comfortable with continental grip.
  • A lot of beginners try to hit volleys with a forehand or backhand grip which might bring a positive short-term result but it can significantly limit their performance in the long-term.
  • From the start, players should try to hit balls with the continental grip so shadowing volleys with the correct grip is a great way to make numerous repetitions and feel more comfortable using this grip.

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Players line up in two lines every volley should be played back to the coach. The coach feeds the ball atrenating backhand to forehand.
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Players work in groups of 4 volleying one ball between 4.

Players down 1 end start by always hitting cross court, the pair down the other end hitting down the line.

Players continue in this way until "change" is called by the coach, and the pattern resumes with all players trying to keep the rally going as this occurs.

Courts compete between themselves looking for the longest rallies or alternatively, players can compete amongst the groups of 4 by counting errors, so that the player with the least amount of errors at the end of the drill wins!

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