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Tennis: Simple Shot With Focus On Technique

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Player stands at the net.
Coach feeds balls to the ad side.
Player executes a backhand volley, focusing on technical aspects learned in the previous exercises.

COACHING POINTS

In this drill player works on a simple backhand volley cross-court.
Coach should remind the player of technical aspects to work on when executing the shot.
Player should try to hit as many good shots as possible but with the correct form, so constant assessment is needed to make sure that proper habits are built during this exercise.
If the player is doing a good job, the coach can feed the balls differently or set a target and ask player to hit a number of balls there to see how the player can adjust to a more demanding environment.

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Rally Right After The Bounce:

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.

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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

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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.

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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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