Global Sports: Tennis Drills for Private Lessons

Monday, January 2, 2012

Tennis Drills for Private Lessons

By Anthony Jones


Most tennis coaches start out their careers by teaching private lessons. Many of them struggle to find new tennis drills to use with the students. Doing the same drills can turn away their players. Tennis pros have to constantly seek out new tennis exercises to improve their skills. Here are a few examples of quality tennis drills.

The first drill is called "Deep Shot Warm-Up". The player and the instructor start at the opposite baselines. The player tries to hit every ball between the service line and the baseline. The instructor keeps the ball in play by hitting it back to the player. The drill ends when the player reaches 30 points. For more advanced players the instructor can place a line of balls halfway between his service line and baseline. The player has to hit all balls behind this line. As the name indicates, this is a great warm-up tennis drill.

The first person in each line hits one ball only and runs around the same way. Once a player misses, he is out of the game (he can pick up balls). The last player standing is the winner. This is a great tennis drill for intermediate kids.

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 Baseline Defender. The drill is played on two courts. The players form two teams. One player on each team starts at the baseline on side B. They are the defenders. The rest of the players line up behind the baseline on side A on different courts facing the defender from the other team. The first player in each line feeds the ball in and plays out the point against the defender. The players go to the end of the line after each point, and the next player in line comes in.

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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