Sunday 1 January 2012

Tennis Drills for Private Lessons

By Anthony Jones


Tennis teachers usually have a great number of tennis drills to use for a single tennis court. Since most tennis coaches start their career by teaching private lessons or smaller groups, they soon become quite comfortable teaching their tennis drills on one court. However, under certain circumstances, teaching pros have to adjust to using multiple tennis courts. Such instances are teaching high school or college tennis teams, tennis camps, or a league team. Many tennis coaches freeze up when it comes to dealing with large groups on multiple courts. Here are three tennis drills to use on multiple tennis courts to help struggling tennis coaches.

The first drill is called "Around the World". Players divide into 2 even teams to side A and B. Each team forms a single line behind their baseline. The instructor feeds the ball in to the first person in line on side B, who hits the ball over then runs around the court to the end of the line on side A.

The next drill is called the "21 Point Drill". The drill is played on two tennis courts. One player starts at each baseline on both courts. The rest of the players line up between the courts at the net post.

The players on both courts play out the point against each other. The winning players stay in and the losing players go to the end of the line in the middle. The first player in line replaces the losing player. Players collect points individually. The first player to reach 21 points is the winner. This tennis drill can be used even with different level players.

The last tennis drill is called the "Short Ball Drill". The instructor starts on the deuce side baseline. The player starts in the middle of the baseline. The player and the instructor start rallying. The instructor can hit the ball anywhere he wants to, but the player can only hit it back to the instructor on the deuce side.

At a random time the instructor will hit a short ball and yells out "short". From that point the player can also hit the ball wherever he wants to. He approaches the net and plays out the point against the instructor. Once he scores five points, the instructor moves to the ad side and the drill is repeated. More advanced players can only hit the approach shot down the line. This is a great tennis drill to work on approach shots.

Tennis instructors have to make sure they keep their camps fresh with new fun tennis drills. If the kids are having fun, they will be back for the next camp.




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