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Serve and Return Drills

Returning A Smash

category: Lob

Tennis Returning a smash Lob Player feeds an easy lob to the coach, who then returns with a smash shot. The player has to return the coach's shot usi...

Cone Serving

category: Serve-and-Return

Coaching points. Players should take care, focusing on each serve as if it were a match situation. Rituals and routines should be gone through ...

For Singles And For Doubles

category: Serve-and-Return

Tennis For singles and for doubles Serve and Return The coach serves wide from ad side. The player hits backhand return cross-court and starts the ra...

Serve / Return Point Play

category: Serve-and-Return

Tennis Serve / Return Point Play Serve and Return Player 1 is serving and will play a sequence of 4 points against player 2 as follows: Serving from ...

Contact Point

category: Serve-and-Return

Tennis Contact point Serve and Return Tell the players to stand close the surrounding netting of the court and ask the players to throw up the ball a...

Return Cross Court

category: Serve-and-Return

Description. Coach serves from the service line and the player returns the ball cross court. Coaching points. Every point in tennis starts with a ser...

Return And Volley Pattern

category: Serve-and-Return

Tennis Return and Volley Pattern Serve and Return Coach serves from the deuce side to the T. Player hits backhand deep return cross court and comes t...

High Point Of Contact

category: Serve-and-Return

Tennis High point of contact Serve and Return Player stands facing the back fence. Player imitates serving motion. Player reaches as high as she can ...

Attack And Finish

category: Forehand-Backhand-Drill

The coach serves second serve from the ad side and the player hits offensive forehand return to the ad side. The coach defends and hits easier ball...

Deuce Forehand Inside Out Drop Shot

category: Forehand-Drills

Coach serves from deuce side to the T. Player runs around and hits forehand drop shot inside out.

Deuce Forehand Inside Out Drop Shot

category: Serve-and-Return

Coach serves from deuce side to the T. Player runs around and hits forehand drop shot inside out.

Forehand And Inside Out Forehand

category: Forehand-Drills

Coach feeds the ball to the corner of the court towards the tramlines for player A to hit with a forehand shot down the court. Player A to return t...

Forehand Stage 3

category: Forehand-Drills

Player starts off at the centre of the service line.

1. Coach feeds the ball with one bounce towards the forehand corner of the court. ...

Kick Wide + Forehand Inside In

category: Forehand-Drills

Player A executes wide kick serve from the ad side. Player B hits backhand return cross court. Player A runs around and hits offensive forehand ins...

Returning Drills

category: Serve-and-Return

Players return the serve down the line and take it in turns to serve.

Slice And Cut It Down The Line

category: Serve-and-Return

Player A executes wide slice serve from the deuce side. Player B hits forehand cross court return. Player A moves diagonally forward and finishes w...

Start The Rally With Return

category: Serve-and-Return

The coach serves wide from the deuce side. The player hits forehand down the line return and starts the rally in down the line direction.

Stop The Shot'S Follow Through

category: Forehand-Backhand-Drill

The player imitates a return of the first serve, focusing on not following through with the swing after the shot, playing it almost like a block.

Stop The Shot'S Follow Through

category: Forehand-Drills

The player imitates a return of the first serve, focusing on not following through with the swing after the shot, playing it almost like a block.

Volleys Forehand/Backhand

category: Volley-Drills

Closing volley at the net using forehand and backhand.

Coach feeds the ball underarm from the centre service line close to the net, for the p...

Forehand slice to dictate points and force errors

Recognise the value of the forehand slice to start dictating the speed of the point and the position of the opponent to set up winning opportunities o...

Return Confidence

Don't shy away from the serve! Get your players returning confidently with this week's session!

No more Boring Basket Drills

Make training interesting by mixing up the practices to get your players thinking how to adapt from one situation to the next.

Improve Footwork in all Areas

Get your players aware of their positioning on the court so they move effectively to make every ball with a strong, composed technique, from lobs to r...

Volleying With Confidence

Ensure your players are comfortable at the net and make them aware of when is best to move in to take control of the point with controlled volleys

The Beginning of the Point

To work on different aspects of the serve and return and to engrain shots that players could call upon at the start of the point.

Serving With Confidence

Power up your player's serve and improve their confidence and movement after the serve to help win more points when they have the ball in hand!

Technical Session with Backhand Stroke

Improve the technical aspects of the backhand with this session, working on key areas such as their point of contact and reactions on court.

Control and Consistency on the Court

In this session we look at building consistency and control into rallies. We look at each skill you might use at different points throughout the rally...

Control under time pressure

Develop your players reactions and movement to get into position early to create more time for themselves, even when rushed into shots.

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I - formation 3/3 ( deuce)

I formation wordt veel gebruikt bij een heel goeie returner.na de opslag doet alsof hij wil tussen komen maar gaat terug naar zijn kant en de server b...

I - formation 1/3 ( deuce)

I formation wordt veel gebruikt bij een heel goeie returner.na de opslag pincht of poacht de netspeler en maakt de bal af. de partner die opgeslagen h...

I - formation 2/3 ( deuce)

I formation wordt veel gebruikt bij een heel goeie returner.na de opslag komt de netspeler tussen en server wisselt van kant. tegenstander ziet dit en...

Activity 1

Different Returns Down the line aggressive returns Cross court as a safe returns Red cone Cross Court Blue Cone Down the line Players play out the poi...

Answer the serve

Coach serves from the deuce side. The player then hits a cross-court forehead return.If we are working on serving skills, we can't forget about th...

4 on 1

Player 1 feeds the ball to Player 2 (3, 4, 5 behind player 2)- player 2 returns the ball and runs to the back of the line (player 3 fills in for Playe...

To the outside

Player hits the ball cross court then moves back around the cones in side steps to get back into position before the ball is returned.About getting go...

Centre court drill

Player one hits ball then side steps to the cone whilst player one is doing that player two moves to the centre of the court and returns the ball both...

aussie ( ad only)

deze tactiek word gebruikt als de tegenstander een geweldige return heeft, vooral slice naar buiten. pinchen en poachen gaat niet omdat de bal zo hard...

I - formation 4/5 ad side

deze tactiek word gebruikt als de tegenstander een geweldige return heeft, vooral slice naar buiten. pinchen en poachen gaat niet omdat de bal zo hard...