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Kids Tennis

This section is devoted to exercises that help children develop tennis-specific skills.  Here you will find the most effective ways to help kids through their early stages as players.

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Building important fundamentals in early stages
Fundamentals

Building important fundamentals in early stages

Inspirational Guidance for every Level and Player Phase
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Inspirational Guidance for every Level and Player Phase

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Ready-to-use Instructions for various group sizes

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Random Volleys with Partner Tossing
Random Volleys with Partner Tossing
Two players stand at the net in ready position. Their partners stand on the other side of the net without...
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Throwing Catching and Rolling to Each Other
Throwing Catching and Rolling to Each Other
Understanding the characteristics of the incoming ball is essential in tennis. Therefore very young players...
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Horse Rac
Horse Rac
Finding pleasure in physical activity is a key motivator in children's development. It doesn't have to...
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Rallying with a Volley Control Shot
Rallying with a Volley Control Shot
Players rally using a volley control shot before hitting the ball over the net.
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Overhand Throws
Overhand Throws
Before learning to serve, children need to feel comfortable throwing a ball overhand accurately and powerfully,...
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Stopping and Rolling with the Racquet (Forehand)
Stopping and Rolling with the Racquet (Forehand)
The simplest form of a forehand is rolling the ball with the racquet. In this exercise the players stop...
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Throws at targets
Throws at targets
The children aim balls diagonally from the right side over the net at targets.
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Rally with Pass
Rally with Pass
This exercise is designed to work on control and is a fun way to start or end practice.
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Improving the small adjustments step with figure 8 runs before hitting
Improving the small adjustments step with figure 8 runs before hitting
Children at the beginner level navigate through cones in a figure-eight pattern with small steps. Their...
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Balloon drill with the whole body
Balloon drill with the whole body

The children keep the balloon aloft using their entire body, including hands, fingers, and feet.

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Introducing the Volley with the Use of a Swiss Ball
Introducing the Volley with the Use of a Swiss Ball
A volley requires a still upper body and minimum movement of the racquet. Isolating the upper body by...
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Forehands moving up and back
Forehands moving up and back
Kids in this tennis drill practice moving backward and forward to hit forehands.
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Slalom Relay
Slalom Relay
In this relay, two children compete to guide a ball through cones in a slalom with a raqcquet as quickly...
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Counting: 1,2,3; I won!
Counting: 1,2,3; I won!
Nothing is worse than the scoring system descending into chaos at a child's first mini-tennis tournament,...
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Tossing: Starting the Point
Tossing: Starting the Point
TOSS, AIM, HIT Before starting to familiarize kids with the concept of tennis, you first have to teach...
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Backhand Volleys on One Foot
Backhand Volleys on One Foot
The coach and the player try to maintain a backhand volley rally with the player hopping on one foot...
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Attacking short balls
Attacking short balls
In this drill, players practice handling short balls by combining an aggressive shot with a volley. The...
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Rolling with Both Hand (Backhand)
Rolling with Both Hand (Backhand)
Here an exercise to start creating some familiarity with the backhand stroke with very young players....
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Introduction to the Forehand Volley - Palm
Introduction to the Forehand Volley - Palm
The players pair up. Both players do not have a racquet. One player will toss the ball underhanded to...
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Forehand - Toss, Hit and Catch with Cone
Forehand - Toss, Hit and Catch with Cone
A nice exercise to practice the forehand is to have two children working together. One tosses a ball...
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Volley with Split-Step-Training
Volley with Split-Step-Training
The children sprint to the stepper, propel themselves off, and execute a split step. Following the coach's...
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Defending against a net player
Defending against a net player
In this exercise, the initial shot at the net is a volley rather than an attacking ball. Players positioned...
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Orange-Cross-auf-Longline
Stroke training: responding crosscourt when receiving a down the line shot
Here, our Orange kids set up the rally on the safe crosscourt side. One player can then switch to down...
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Throwing at targets on the run
Throwing at targets on the run
The group is assigned a task where they must throw the red ball onto cones while running diagonally....
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