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Tennis: Slide & Stop

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Player starts from the service line.
Coach throws a short ball to the forehand side.
Player sprints, slides and hits a forehand stop volley down the line.

COACHING POINTS

Playing on clay court allows players to use this a specific type of movement so it is necessary to take the most of it.
During the match a player can get difficult balls while being at the net so it is important that they can control the ball even while on the move.
Coach should teach the players to keep their racket in front of the body and add more backspin to the shot to make it short.
Players who have problems with balance should pay attention to their upper body - it is possible that they bend at waist level and lose balance immediately.

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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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