DRILL # 1

Deep Rallies


   
 At the high School level unforced errors outnumber winners by a 5 to 1 margin. Hitting winners is a lot of fun but reducing errors will improve your winning percentage a whole lot more.

More tennis matches are lost through unforced errors rather than won through winners.

Here is a drill to improve consistency.
  • The purpose of this drill is to help you develop deeper groundstrokes

  • This drill takes 2 people. The goal of this drill is to hit groundstrokes beyond the service line.

  • If any groundstroke  lands before the service line you must stop and start completely over.

  • The drill is simple, see how many balls you can keep in play.

  • Set a number goal and try to beat it.

  • 20 is a good number to start with, that means you have to hit 10 groundstrokes and so does your partner
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  • Remember if your error rate is less than 10%, you should be able to hit 10 groundstrokes in a row