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Tennis: Rally Right After The Bounce

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Coach stands at the net.
Player starts from the service line.
Coach and player rally together.
Player hits only forehand half volleys while coach is using only regular volleys.

COACHING POINTS

The player is working on forehand half-volley from the service line.
Most of the time, a half-volley won’t be used to finish the rally so the goal of this shot is to maintain a chance of winning the point.
Players have to remember to stay low with their legs and keep a short backswing so the focus is on point of contact.
Combining all these aspects will guarantee will help players to be successful when coming to the net.

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Racket Block:

Player stands inside the service box with a racket.
Coach feeds a short ball that bounces right in front of player.
Player steps forward with right leg and using the racket to block the ball just after the bounce.

Volley Drills

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

Volley Drills

Recovery Volleys 2:

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

Volley Drills

Sharpening up!:

Players 1 and 2 are at the net, player 3 is working from the baseline.

The point is live as soon as the first ball is fed in from the volleyers with tramlines being out for both ends.

However, the volleying players cannot hit a clean winner to win the point, they must force player 3 into making an error to score.

Player 3 can do whatever they wish with the ball to win the point, they also win the point if they can make the ball bounce before the volleyers can get to it.

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