Tennis Drills

Player side steps until the coach drops a ball. The player must catch the ball before the second bounce. Players can also start from a stationary position with heels of the ground or hopping on one leg or criss crossing the legs or with player starting with their back to coach and the coach shouting out when throwing the ball.

Purpose: learn to move in an "X" pattern under pressure of movement. Coach feeds the ball in the sequence 1,2,3,4 for each player in turn.   Coach feeds high deep balls to points 1,3 and shorter feeds to 2,4. Exact pattern of 1,2,3,4 maintained throughout. Player hits feeds 1,3 deep crosscourt. Feeds 2,4 down the line. Feed in sets of 16 balls.

Coach feeds 3 balls to the player's deuce side down the line. Standing on the base line, the player moves to their right to meet the ball on their forehand side. The player then returns the ball hitting forehand cross court to the corner of the deuce side between cones. he/she then moves back to the centre of the base line. The coach then feeds the next ball on the players deuce side service line. The player moves foreward and returns using a forehand cross court short to the corner of the deuce side. Player then returns back to the centre of the baseline. Coach then feeds the third ball a few feet beyond the net. Players moves to meet it and agins, using a forehand cross court shot, returns the ball beteen the cones set up on the cross court shot side.

The coach feeds balls from the basket. The first one the player hits a forehand cross court, before running to the other side and hitting a forehand inside out. The final shot is from the other side and is a winner down the line.

Coach stays behind the service line and feeds shorter ball to player's forehand. Player hits forehand half-volley back to coach in down the line direction and moves forward. Coach hits the ball in cross-court direction using volley. Player finishes set with deep backhand volley down the line.

-Player 2 starts with a second serve to advantage court. -Returner hits a lob return over player 1s head and follows it into the net. -Player 2 chases the lob and returns it down the line. -Player 1 moves to hot seat in the middle. -Returner hits cross court volley to player 1. -Player 2 comes to net and the point is played out. -The same drill can be repeated on the deuce side of the court.

-Player serves to deuce court towards feeder and comes to the net. -The first player on the advantage side shadows the server and comes to net. -Feeder hits a ball to server who returns it cross court. -Feeder hits towards server again but the shadow server intercepts and hits cross-court winner.

The deep players rally the ball back and forth between one another. The blue receiver's partner attempts to intercept the ball down the middle. Once the ball has been intercepted the point is live. The players rotate clockwise round the court after 6-8 rallies so that each player gets to play in each position.

-Players are positioned in a doubles formation as seen in the picture. -The server will serve first and second serves as in a game situation. -The receiver will hit any of the returns as shown in the picture. -The players can play out the points after the return. -After approximately 6-10 serves the players swop round so that each player gets to serve and return and from both sides.

-Players start in regular doubles positions. -The service is hit down the centre and the return diagonally. -Servers are given up to 4 attempts to get the ball in. -The net player attempts to intercept the return and kill it down the middle.

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!

Coach feeds the ball to the front player in the queue who volleys the ball back then the coach volleys the ball to the forehand side of the player 2nd inline who moves out and plays back the volley to then move back in behind the 1st player who volleys the next shot the 2nd player know moves out to the backhand side to volley the ball once again back to the coach. 2nd player then moves back to the queue and next player in line repeats the exercise. Very time a mistake is made by the front player a new player moves to the front.

- One player throws the ball to their partner and then they let the ball hit their flat palm. (no follow through). - Progress to tapping the ball back with the racket when players are ready. - Then swap after approximately 6 attempts

Players line up in two lines every volley should be played back to the coach. The coach feeds the ball atrenating backhand to forehand. Players should change line after each volley.

-Players take it in turns to play volleys and ground strokes in the service box. -Players swop round after approximately 3 minutes.

2 players volley crosscourt to ground strokeers (second volley position)