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DESCRIPTION

DRILL TYPE: Movement/ Coordination

FOCUS: Catching and Tennis movement

SKILL LEVEL: Red/ Orange Ball 1

EQUIPMENT:

  1. Large variety of balls
  2. Orange Balls

SETUP:

  1. Have the students partner up and find a spot on the tennis court with a ball.

DRILL:

  1. Partners stand in pairs with a ball between the two.
  2. Partners will then take turns throwing a large ( football sized) ball to one another.
  3. Throwing can very between throwing straight into hands to bouncing before catching etc.
  4. Start with a larger ball, can progress to a tennis ball.
  5. Small distances apart to enable control of the ball.
  6. Turn whole body and swivel hits to simulate a tennis swing.


COACHING POINTS

  1. Side to target and rotate hips to simulate the tennis groundstroke swing.
  2. And finished with a good follow through.
  3. The players can very the distance once the control has been established.

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