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24 minutes - Rallying rotation drill

The ball is fed in by the coach, or a waiting player, and players 1 and 2 rally the ball, moving each other around the full court in a co-operative manner. Players are constructing points but at a slightly lessened tempo and with greater control. Players work like this for 2 minutes, before one player is replaced by player 3, for the next 2 minutes. The idea is that players are working in this manner for 4 minutes at a time and resting then for 2 minutes until the 24 minutes are completed.

Coordination / Fun Games

Developing Coordination- Progression 1

Intention: Develop sending and receiving skill through the use of progressive coordination exercises. Players stand facing each other on the inside and outside tramlines respectively (in a ready, athletic, "gorilla position") Players start with one ball and throw the ball underarm between each other. The ball must bounce once before the partner catches the ball. Each player must throw the ball with their right hand and catch the ball with their left. Once the ball has been caught it must be passed between the hands in preparation for the throw. As players master a rhythm, they attempt to increase the tempo.

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Developing Coordination- Progression 2

Intention: Develop sending and receiving skills through the use of progressive coordination exercises. Following progression 1 Players stand facing each other on the inside and outside tramlines respectively (in a ready, athletic, gorilla position) Players have two balls, one ball each, and throw the balls underarm between each other. The balls must bounce once before the partner catches the ball. Each player must throw the ball with their right hand and catch the other ball with their left. Once the ball has been caught it must be passed between the hands in preparation for the throw and free up the left hand for the catch. As players master a rhythm, they attempt to increase the tempo.

Junior Tennis

Developing Coordination- Progression 3

Intention: Develop sending and receiving skills through the use of progressive coordination exercises. Following progression 2 Players stand facing each other on the inside and outside tramlines respectively (in a ready, athletic, gorilla position) Players have three balls, one player starts with 2 and the other with one, and throw the balls underarm between each other. The balls must bounce once before the partner catches the ball. Each player must throw the ball with their right hand and catch the other ball with their left. Once the ball has been caught it must be passed between the hands in preparation for the throw and free up the left hand for the catch. As players master a rhythm, they attempt to increase the tempo.

Junior Tennis

Developing Coordination- Progression 4

Intention: Develop sending and receiving skills through the use of progressive coordination exercises. Following progression 3 Players stand facing each other on the inside and outside tramlines respectively (in a ready, athletic, gorilla position) Players have four balls, each player starts with two balls, and throw the balls underarm between each other. The balls must bounce once before the partner catches the ball. Each player must throw one ball with their right hand and transfer the other ball from their left hand to right hand to then receive the other ball from their partner with their left. As players master a rhythm, they attempt to increase the tempo.

Junior Tennis

Reactional slide

The player and coach use 2 balls at the same time. The coach throws one ball and moves to the other spot. The player's goal is to catch the ball, quickly throw it back to coach and run to the next one.

Agility & Fitness

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WHEN I LOG ITS IN english i require also in Italian is it posible?

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Position of the coach when feeding

hi. My name is Letty . Im a young coach trying to get level1 (ITF). Kindly help me with the position of the coach when trying to get a player u12 to practice passing.is it wrong for the coach to be in the service box or not?

Letty Matenge Coach, United Kingdom

FUN GAME- both competitive and cooperative drill

can this drill be used both for anticipating the ball,control,tempo while also as a fun game for students with both competitive and cooperative aspects

Mayank Yadav Coach, United Kingdom

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