The player will alternate squat jumps without arms, with serves over a cone barrier emphasizing the use of an explosive jump when serving. The cones shown in the video are ideal for this drill. They are...
The player will alternate jumping down from a box with stiff legs and using mostly the ankles, with serves over a cone barrier emphasizing the use of an explosive jump when serving.
The player will alternate throwing a small medicine ball as fast as possible with both arms over the head, with fast explosive serves. The idea is to work on accelerating the arms and then transferring...
The player will alternate throwing a small medicine ball one handed with a serve like motion, with fast explosive serves. The idea is to work on accelerating the arms and then transferring this motion...
The player will alternate kangaroo jumps, with serves over a cone barrier emphasizing the use of an explosive jump when serving. The cones shown in the video are ideal for this drill.
The player will alternate throwing a small medicine ball one handed with a serve like motion but facing the net, with fast explosive serves. The idea is to work on accelerating the arms and then transferring...
The player will alternate throwing a weighted ball one handed with a serve like motion, with fast explosive serves. The idea is to work on accelerating the arms and then transferring this motion to the...
In this exercise the player will serve from different distances to the net trying to hit the serve into the service box every time. By doing this, the player will learn how to adjust his/her swing to hit...
Ideally the player should learn to hit the serve in any direction off the same toss. The best way to practice this is for the coach to stand behind the player as the player serves. Once the ball is in...
This is a great drill to work on improving toss accuracy and balance. The player stands at the baseline and tries to serve without moving his/her feet, pressing a ball between them.
This basket drill focuses on a two-shot passing shot. Player 1 plays a forehand to the feet of the coach. The ball should bounce just before the coach. This is followed by a backhand with a diagonal t...
This Spanish baseline drill is a classic basket drill and is not only suitable for training footwork on defensive and offensive groundstrokes, but also for tennis-specific endurance and psychological-oriented...
In this basket drill, we transform that for club training (exemplified here for right-handed players) and focus once on this forehand winner, without the serve.
The server serves from the left to the outside, the returner plays his return (backhand for the right-handed player) far across. And so far that the server can not run around his backhand.
A great alternative to a basket drill that can also be used to achieve a high frequency, but with an invaluable advantage: interactivity and training of ball feel and footwork.
A player starts on the baseline. The coach stands in front of him with four balls in the hand. The coach tosses the balls up with high frequency while moving backwards toward the net.
The coach plays a low ball diagonally in the direction of the opposite alley. The player sprints behind the ball, stretches to reach it and tries to return it with a forehand. The goal is to keep the ball...
The coach plays a low ball diagonally in the direction of the opposite alley. The player sprints behind the ball, stretches to reach it and tries to return it with a backhand. The goal is to keep the ball...
The players will shadow the run without a ball to understand what they have to do. The high five is used to force a recovery. Once the player understands how to move, the coach will feed wide balls and...
Since the timing of the split step depends on the contact point of the opponent, practicing the movement cycle is usually more effective in a live ball format.