Tennis | Tennis Drills

-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.

The coach stands in front of the player and throws 1 short 1 deep ball to the backhand side. Player's goal is to hit backhands moving inside and outside of the baseline. Proper footwork is crucial if we are thinking about effective tennis play. Many mistakes are made because of improper legs' work so that is why players have to spend more time on drills that are based on intense footwork. Having strong legs and being quick are 2 skills that make us play better as also increase our self-confidence because we know our capabilities.

In this exercise, the coach feeds all the balls to one side. The player's goal is to alternate shots with higher and lower trajectory over the net, firstly hitting a high shot, followed by a low shot, and this is repeated.

Coach stands on the player's side. Coach throws low ball around the service line. Player hits backhand approach shot down the line on the run.

Players rally together. Player A hits 2 backhands cross-court and 1 backhand down the line. Player B responds with all shots to the backhand corner.

Coach is stationed at position 2 while players start off forehand alley corner moves and executes first shot near middle baseline and second shot mid-court short ball.

-2 feeding players, with a basket in the middle. - Feed a short ball followed by a lob. - After the approach shot the player smashes the lob.

The coach is feeding from the basket and players hit 2 balls each, a 1st volley and a 2nd volley. Players can start between the baseline and the service-line running forwards and split-stepping as the coach makes contact with the ball. After hitting the first volley down the line, they must move forwards closing the net down and edging to cover the line before they hit the 2nd volley cross-court. The 1st volley must be played deep and the 2nd volley as a shorter angled shot.

Player stands on the baseline Coach stands in front of the player Coach alternates feeding short and deep balls to the backhand side Player hits backhand slice alternating loading front and back leg before the hit

Players are effectively playing a game of touch-doubles, so the ball is fed in and the point played out within the service boxes, with the tramlines being out. Players must use touch and feel as no pace or power can be use to win the point. They can volley and the ball is allowed to bounce as in normal tennis. However, each player only has to look after their own service box quarter. Balls which land in their zone are the only ones they are responsible for retrieving. If they so wish, they can poach and intercept balls in the other players' box, but the player next to them is not going to cover their back and switch sides as in normal doubles.

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.

Backhand side Players hit a volley from the 1st position followed by them moving into the net and vollying a fed ball from the 2nd position.

Rally with the coach in a round robin system. Players hit one shot and then run to the back of the queue. For variation use one racquet. After each shot players must pass the racquet on to the next player.

The player serves wide from the deuce side and the coach throws the ball close to the deuce sideline. The player runs and hits forehand down the line on the run.

The coach throws an easy ball to the player who hits a forehand shot back to the coach. The Coach then throws the ball back again but this time the player hits a forehand shot to the open space (deuce side) where the cones are situated.

Coach feeds high and short balls to the deuce side. Player moves forward and alternates hitting attacking forehand after the bounce and forehand drive volley out of the air.