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More Ball and Racquet Drills
This article presents more ball and racket drills for use in your Periodization Training program. These
are high intensity, explosive drills that train you for the bursting movements of actual competitive play, part of the
overall court movement drill series we have been presenting. (See part 14, part 15, part 16).
They are great drills to do at the end of a practice, although you can combine them to develop entire
sessions devoted to improving your court movement skills.
Plyo Groundies
Purpose: This drill develops an explosive first step moving sideways along the baseline.
Drill: Set up two cones on the baseline. The player hops over both cones, feet together. After the
second landing and split step, the player sprints across the basline and hits a groundstroke.
Forehand Only
Purpose: The forehand can be hit from almost anywhere along the baseline in the modern game. This drill
helps develop your movement to do this.
Drill: The coach moves you from side to side, but you can only hit forehands. This means working on
getting around the ball to go inside out or inside in, the way the top pros so often do.
Transition Drill