What is the best way to teach the backhand volley to?

What is the best way to teach the backhand volley to?

What is the best way to teach the backhand volley to mini reds age 5-7 years? Do you encourage seperation of nondominant hand on contact 'fly'?

Karen AtkinsonCoach, England
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keep the hands together...lower the net to half way...place targets a few few feet from the net...encourage points each time a student hits the volley...do not worry about having them turn sideways...importance is contact at this stage...after a few hundred balls...have the student move a little...then recover to the middle...one handed volleys are something you can teach at a later stage...lots of short easy balls...and BOOM...in no time your prodigy will be a master!!!

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