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Waves!

category: Rally-Drills

Tennis Waves! Rally Drills Players are playing doubles points from the hand in pairs. The pair who wins the point moves to the service line which is ...

Live Ball Drill With Player

category: Rally-Drills

Tennis Live ball drill with player Rally Drills In this Drill the players start in the tram line. With the coach feeding the first ball from the bask...

Get Comfortable With Rallying

category: Rally-Drills

Tennis Get comfortable with rallying Rally Drills Players stand on the service line. Both players are only allowed to play their designated shot. Pla...

Consistency And Accuracy

category: Rally-Drills

Tennis Consistency and accuracy Rally Drills -Players hit forehands aiming for the line. -Players maintain high net clearance to achieve consistency....

Forehand/Backhand Rally

category: Rally-Drills

Tennis Forehand/Backhand Rally Rally Drills 4 players. 2 on each side of the net. Player 1 hits a deep forehand,and a rally starts with each player h...

24 Minutes - Rallying Rotation Drill

category: Coordination-Fun-Games

Tennis 24 minutes - Rallying rotation drill Coordination / Fun Games The ball is fed in by the coach, or a waiting player, and players 1 and 2 rally ...

Bounce And Hit

category: Rally-Drills

Tennis Bounce and Hit Rally Drills Players rally together. Player has to say "bounce" when the ball bounces on their side and say "hit" when they mak...

Continuous 1 Vs 1 (3 Players)

category: Rally-Drills

Tennis Continuous 1 vs 1 (3 players) Rally Drills 1 vs 1, with a second person at one end who takes over as soon as the point has finished. Therefore...

Pop Up For Beginners

category: Rally-Drills

Tennis Pop Up for Beginners Rally Drills Players rally together. Players have to pop the ball up before they hit across the net.

2 And 1 On Backhand

category: Backhand-Drills

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...

Agility Rally Volley (Live Ball)

category: Volley-Drills

Both players inside service line near the centre coach feeds the ball wide of the players each time player has to move out volley the ball back to th...

All The Way

category: Forehand-Drills

The coach stands on the service line and rallies with the player, who is stood on the baseline. Everytime the player returns the ball, they move fo...

All The Way

category: Movement

The coach stands on the service line and rallies with the player, who is stood on the baseline. Everytime the player returns the ball, they move fo...

All The Way

category: Rally-Drills

The coach stands on the service line and rallies with the player, who is stood on the baseline. Everytime the player returns the ball, they move fo...

All To Ad

category: Volley-Drills

The coach stands in the ad corner and the player stands at the net on the ad side. The coach and player rally together. The coach hits 2 balls to t...

Angle Rally (Backhand)

category: Volley-Drills

Player A stands close to the net, whilst Player B stands closer to the side line. Player A works on angle volleys while rallying with the partner a...

Angle Rally (Forehand)

category: Volley-Drills

Player A stands close to the net, whilst Player B stands closer to the side line. Player A works on angle volleys while rallying with the partner a...

Avoid Deuce Deep Corner - Backhand

category: Forehand-Backhand-Drill

Cones are set in the deuce deep area. The coach feeds balls to the forehand or backhand and the player hits the ball while avoiding the deep deuce ...

Avoid Deuce Deep Corner - Backhand

category: Forehand-Backhand-Drill

Cones are set in the deuce deep area. The coach feeds balls to the forehand or backhand and the player hits the ball while avoiding the deep deuce ...

Avoid Deuce Deep Corner - Forehand

category: Forehand-Backhand-Drill

Cones are set in the deuce deep area. The coach feeds balls to the forehand or backhand and the player hits the ball while avoiding the deep deuce ...

Backhand Slice - Change Of Pace

category: Backhand-Drills

Players start the drill by rallying cross-court from the backhand corners.

Player 1 can choose to slice a backhand down the line at any time ...

Depth By Numbers

category: Rally-Drills

Players are working in threes with player 1 working in the whole court against players 2 and 3.

Players are rallying co-operatively but with ...

Forehand To Forehand Team Tram Line Drill

category: Rally-Drills

Players get into pairs. Each pair plays against another pair rallying inside the tram line.

The two players rotate in each team, taking it i...

Get Comfortable With Rallying

category: Volley-Drills

Players stand on the service line. Both players are only allowed to play their designated shot.

Player 1 hits a topspin shots; Player 2 retu...

Ground-Strokes Rolling The Ball

category: Forehand-Backhand-Drill

Cones are set on both sides of each player, Player 1 rolls all balls cross court. Player B rolls all balls down the line, with both players rallyin...

Mini Close-Stance Slide

category: Forehand-Drills

The coach rallies with a player from the service line and the player stands behind the cone. The player moves to the ball, slides using close stanc...

Mini Open-Stance Slide

category: Forehand-Drills

The coach rallies with a player from the service line and stands behind the cone. The player moves to the ball, slides using open stance and hits f...

Movement To And From An Inside Out Forehand

category: Forehand-Drills

Players are working in groups of 3, with players 2 and 3 feeding and player 1 'working'.

Player 1 is hitting one forehand cross and one foreh...

Open The Court And Finish Down The Line

category: Forehand-Drills

2 players rally together in cross court direction. Player A picks the right moment to hit angle shot and opens the court up. After successful angle...

Over And In. 'Budge It'. Progression 1

category: Junior-Tennis

Intention: Assess forehand technique whilst developing the principles of rallying.

• Players start ...

Over And In. 'Budge It'. Progression 2

category: Junior-Tennis

Intention: Assess forehand technique whilst developing the principles of rallying.

• Players sta...

Over And In. 'Budge It'. Progression 3

category: Junior-Tennis

Intention: Assess forehand technique whilst developing the principles of rallying.

Pick It Up

category: Volley-Drills

Both players are rallying in the service box, however Red 1 must 1/2 volley every shot back to Blue 1. After ten shots, continue the volley but Blu...

Quick Hands: Rat-A-Tat Volleys

category: Volley-Drills

Both players are at the net in the volley position, rallying cooperatively to each other for 1 minute.

Players are trying to achieve as many ...

Rally Pattern

category: Forehand-Drills

In a rally with the coach the player must hit the ball in a given pattern.

Moving from one side of the court to the other the player will f...

Ready Backhand

category: Backhand-Drills

The coach stands in front of the player and throws balls to the backhand side. The player executes backhands using only open stance.

Table Tennis Rallying

category: Coordination-Fun-Games

Players stand opposite one another in the service boxes and play the point out.

However, this time, the ball must be hit down into the court...

Tactical Wisdom With Directions

category: Forehand-Backhand-Drill

Coach feeds 3 balls to forehand side. Player hits 2 forehands cross court and 1 down the line. Coach feeds 3 balls to the backhand side. Player hit...

The Loop And Sneak: Cat And Mouse!

category: Lob

Players are rallying up and down the centre of the court in the usual way.

When either player decides to, they can change the flight path of ...

Two Ball Tennis

category: Coordination-Fun-Games

-Without using a net, both players start with a ball. Starting simultaneously with an under arm throw they aim to keep both balls in play for as l...

Volley To Rally

category: Volley-Drills

Player position themselves on service line and volley across the court to one another.

Two balls are going at the same time so rallying pair...

Width

category: Rally-Drills

Use this drill after "crosscourt theory"

Purpose:

Understanding the importance of width

Coach feeds the ball to begin.<...

Zone Dictates The Shot

category: Forehand-Drills

2 zones are set on player B side (deep corner and angle). Players rally together in cross court direction. Player A can pick one of 2 options. If t...

Tennis tips - rallying

We get a lesson in serving from the Tennis experts.

Ken senkoff tennis rally and drills

My name is Ken Senkoff and I'm a junior at St. Mary's international school in Tokyo. I am extremely interested in playing college tennis in the United...

Conditioned Rallying Games

Set up pressure situation in this games based session and see if your players can handle the pressure?

New Approach to Backhand Rally

Approach the backhand by starting with the fundamentals. Get players movement up to scratch to be in the best position to make an effective stroke.

Change the Spin - Backhand Slice

Utilise the backhand slice to control the point by mixing up lengths and pace to dictate where your opponent goes.

Hitting Winners - Assertive Play

Instil the winning instinct in your players and get them to assert themselves on court and spot when the time is right to whack a winner!

Patience, concentration and hard-work Session!

Make your players working hard through game, set and match with this mental and physical stamina session.

Learning to take the ball early and inside the court

Get your players to take the ball at the top of the bounce, making the shot easier for themselves while simultaneously giving their opponent less time...

Advanced Rallying - Deep and Accurate Play

Blow away the cobwebs and find out just how well your players can volley with this advanced rallying session, designed for groups large and small!

Playing With And Against Different Game Styles

Set your players secret missions, challenging them to adopt new tactics and techniques into their game play!

Hitting and Moving: Playing on the run

High intensity, backline rallying Session - Designed to get your players moving around the court and playing shots at full stretch!

Pressure Rallying - Movement and Concentration session

Improve your players' rallying under pressure and use a ticking clock scenario in this high-intensity movement and concentration session

Mini Volley: Control and Placement of Volleys

Keep calm and volley! Improve your player’s control and placement in their volley and set them on their way to victory

I'm coaching middle school tennis for the first time. Where to begin?

How to teach single and double-handed backhands to U10s?

cross court rallying

alternating players

Technical Warm-Up

Rallying in service boxes – jogging with a split step

Rallying

Singles rallying

Cross court rallying

Both back TRAIDING in Singles

OPEN PRACTICEPlayers are rallying crosscourt trying to keep the longest rally in a row as posible.(Focus in a aim)Keep consistency high gives you long...

Diagonal Court Forehands Only. 4 or 6 players. Longest rally wins. 1pt for each rally shot.

Purpose: Practice rallying with forehands only using sidestepping footwork. Count each shot and the longest rally wins.Early racket take back and good...

Both back TRAIDING SINGLES

CLOSE PRACTICECoach feeding crosscourt 2 players and 2 players rallying other half crosscourtPath racket exagerate as create top spin and therefore yo...

Both back BUILDING in Singles

CLOSE PRACTICECoach feeding to 2 players higher balls to the players they mist to hit deeper balls taking the ball early. 2 other players a...

Court 1 Singles Alley Rally then Champs and Chumps

Start by rallying in the alleys only. (If there are six, set up an alley with cones). It is cooperative rallying. First to 50 consecutive shots in a r...