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Tennis: Stop volleys down the line

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DESCRIPTION

Player stands close to the net.
Coach feeds random difficult balls.
Player responds with only down the line stop volleys.

COACHING POINTS

In this drill player works on reactional stop volleys. Because player doesn’t know where coach will feed the ball he also improves physical skills at the same time. In this exercise coach can see how player can control own racquet head to be able to place the ball close to the net while being in difficult situations. Coach should encourage players to stay really low with their legs to be able to react quickly and control the ball much easier.

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Taking the ball early: One up, One back:

Players rally up and down the middle of the court with 1 player at the baseline and one at the net.

The aim of the drill is to hit as many balls in 1 minute as possible, counting as they go.

The minute period is repeated 5 times with players resting for 1 minute between each repetition to recover and collect balls ready for the next drill.

Players should continuously try to beat their own score each time, but this drill can also be made competitive by comparing the scores between other pairs of players.

Volley Drills

Stretched running:

The coach feeds the ball to the backhand side. The player hits deep backhand cross-court and the coach feeds the next ball to the forehand side. The player hits angle forehand cross-court.

Forehand & Backhand Drill

Strong hand:

The player stands at the net and keeps non-dominant hand behind the body. The coach feeds balls to the backhand side. The player then executes backhand volley using only their dominant hand.

Volley Drills