Coach feeds the ball to the player the player then must return the ball down the alley 5 times if the player hits the ball into the wrong alley then they must do a forfeit of star jumps etc
Gets the player to hit accurately forehand and backhand sides
progression make the alleys smaller or bigger
player hits short then deep
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