July 25, 2024
251 Tennis Drill: Taking the ball early

Hi friends ! Here's a drill to improve your ability to hit the ball at the top of the bounce. This drill focuses on timing, precision and the ability to react quickly to hit the ball at its highest point (catching the ball relatively early in its trajectory). Execution of the exercise: Position the ball […]

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July 18, 2024
250 Training volleys – Work on the precision of low volleys

Hi friends ! Here is an exercise to improve control of low volleys, using good leg technique and applying backspin to keep the ball low. Execution of the exercise: Set up a ball machine to send low balls towards you. Place two cones on the opposing service line. Start on the service line then step […]

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July 18, 2024
248 Practice volleys – High forehand volleys

Hi friends ! Here is an exercise to improve your forehand high volleys, by working on the direction and power of your shots. Execution of the exercise: Set up a ball machine to send you high balls to your forehand side. Position yourself on the center serving line. Hit the ball in front of your […]

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July 15, 2024
246 Tennis drill – Backhand precision with replacement

Hi friends ! Here is an exercise to improve your lateral movement, your recovery speed, your backhand consistency and your precision. Execution of the exercise: Place a block right next to the center of the court. Set up a ball machine on the other side of the court to send balls a few feet inside […]

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July 9, 2024
242 Tennis drill – Practicing precision with topspin forehands

Hi friends! Here’s a drill to work on precision, consistency, and placement of topspin forehands. Execution of the drill: Place a cone (or another type of target) in a corner of the service box on the opposite side of the court. The goal is to aim for this target with topspin forehands. Player A stands […]

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July 2, 2024
239 Intense backhand cross training

Hello friends Here is an interesting exercise to improve your cross backhand, while working on your movement and precision: Player A stands at the baseline, ready to hit backhands. The coach, located in the corridor on the opposite side, drops a ball in front of him. Player A should move slightly forward and hit the […]

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May 2, 2024
214 Smash drill - perfect your smash and its precision

Hi friends ! To improve the precision of your smash, it is useful to practice sending several consecutive smashes towards the center of the opponent's court. This practice will allow you to repeat the gesture several times. This repetition promotes a positive experience that builds confidence in you. Moreover, by concentrating your smashes towards the […]

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April 30, 2024
207 Throwing the ball with a full serve action

Hi friends ! Today, I'm showing you a nice little exercise to develop precision, fluidity of gestures on duty and self-confidence. The exercise consists of throwing the ball and aiming at the basket of balls which is in the service square. Position yourself as if you were going to serve, but only without a racket, […]

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April 23, 2024
194 Training volleys – Cross volley with lateral movement

Hello everyone, Today, we are going to embark on a very dynamic and stimulating exercise! You know, in tennis, when you are on the volley, it often happens that you have to hit several balls in a row, while moving around the court. This is where it gets harder ! In this exercise, we will […]

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April 22, 2024
189 Practice volleys - volley-volley exchanges on the halfway line

Hi friends ! Today, “exchange of volleys on the halfway line”. Execution of the exercise: Two players stand on each side of the center line of the field. Then, we exchange volleys by hitting the ball before it bounces, but always remaining in the midline area. This exercise is good for improving precision and our […]

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April 19, 2024
184 Practice Volleys – Butterfly volley

Hello everyone ! Today we are going to focus on our forehand and backhand cross volleys in this exercise. Progress of the exercise: My partner will always play the ball parallel to the middle. As for me, I will focus on forehand and backhand cross volleys. Our exchanges will thus take place in the shape […]

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March 19, 2024
165 Service exercise - having a powerful and efficient service

Hi guys ! Want to know how to serve like a tennis pro? Here's what you need to do: Position yourself on the baseline, in profile to the net, with one foot slightly in front of the other for better stability. Use an appropriate grip for your serving style. For me, I use the hammer […]

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March 19, 2024
164 Serve precision and power exercise

Hi friends ! Today, we are going to do a great exercise to improve our serving. The idea is to aim for the cone in the service square. To work on the power of the service, there is a large tarpaulin or fence at the bottom of the field, and we must ensure that the […]

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March 18, 2024
162 Tennis exercise: Reflex forehand / backhand volley at the wall

Hi Here is a practical exercise to improve reflex, technique, precision and coordination of backhand volleys and forehands. Execution of the exercise: Start with a forehand, sending the ball towards the wall. Once the ball bounces off the wall and comes back towards you, perform a backhand volley without the ball touching the ground. Follow […]

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February 9, 2024
138 Collective tennis exercise - We hit and we switch

Hi friends ! Here is an exercise for a group lesson for 8 players which requires players to apply a certain amount of application in making strikes   Organization of the exercise: The first 4 players play diagonally forehand in groups of 2: Each player hits a ball as a partner diagonally and leaves room […]

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January 31, 2024
130 Approach volley training

Hi friends The approach volley is a super interesting shot that I personally place between attack and defense. It is an intermediate shot, a volley which is played approximately at the height of the service square lines. Very useful in an attack phase before going up on the fly Very useful in a defense phase […]

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January 30, 2024
129 Forehand attack, then short backhand cross volley

Hi friends In this exercise, you will work on offensive play. The idea is to put yourself in the situation where you get a short ball favorable to an attack, you attack and you follow your ball on volley... Organization of the exercise Player B / coach engages the ball on player A's forehand. (A […]

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January 29, 2024
128 Collective Targeting in the opponent's foot

Hi friends At the opponent's feet, it is very disturbing for him, you may have experienced this situation yourself: the ball comes at you and you are surprised, you have to react quickly to recover and return the ball. With this little collective exercise, On the one hand, you will be able to train yourself […]

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January 25, 2024
124 Backhand attack, passing and volley

Hi friends Exercise for 2 players aimed at making us work on backhand attack, backhand passing and volleying.   Player B engages the spoon on my backhand with a short ball favorable to an attack. Player A enters the court and attacks crosswise (on the opponent's backhand (if he is right-handed) Player B will defend […]

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January 24, 2024
123 Attack construction: passing and defense

Hi friends Here is a fairly complete exercise, you present the particularity of this 3 game. It will allow a player to work on building the point of attack on the forehand It will allow a player to work on passing on the backhand It will allow a third player to work on defense   […]

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January 21, 2024
120 Attack on a backhand - play long line

Hi friends Here is a simple exercise that reproduces the common situation where we have the opportunity to enter the court to attack a ball on our backhand.   Tactically speaking, if it looks good, the ideal in this kind of situation is to attack long line... (It's theoretical, mathematical tennis)... but returning long line […]

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January 17, 2024
118 Topspin volley training

Hi On this exercise I offer you training on a very enjoyable shot when it passes: the topspin volley.   The coach on ball basket bounces the ball in his part of the court so that the ball arrives in our court in a favorable position for a topspin volley. We start from the red […]

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January 16, 2024
114 Return long line on a short ball

Hi friends Here is a little exercise at the basket to train us to return long line short balls that arrive on our forehand or on our backhand   Progress of the exercise: It's quite simple: - The basket coach sends us a short and favorable ball on the forehand side, we attack by trying […]

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January 16, 2024
111 Find length and vary the Forehand & Backhand zones

Hi friends Here is an exercise, basic but very good for the two players who practice it because it will allow you to work on targeting areas in the backhand but also on movement, regularity and precision. Description and purpose of the exercise: Player A must alternate forehand and backhand and target player B Player […]

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January 14, 2024
106 Tennis games: amortize with 2 rebounds...

Hi Here's a fun little game that we created with my brother when we were in Normandy. The idea was to practice cushioning a little. As you may know, we usually say that a good amortize shot must have at least 2 bounces in the service square... so we adapted this rule for our little […]

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January 13, 2024
104 Hitting a backhand while sitting on a stool

Hi friends we will often tell you in training: “lower on your legs…” When we play we think that we are always very low on our legs but in truth we are very often not low enough... A little tip, film yourself, you will see it's surprising... Here is a backhand exercise to force us […]

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January 12, 2024
099 Backhand : target areas in a specific order

Hi friends Here is a very complete backhand exercise, which will allow you to sharpen your playing intention and gain precision.   Description and purpose of the exercise: Aim for the cones in order with a backhand topspin. Target 1 target 2 target 3 target 4 Player A must go around the cone between each […]

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January 11, 2024
083 Serve on a designated target

Hi friends Did you serve on a target? Are you precise enough to hit it every time? With this exercise you will be able to train on the serve and become more and more precise. I do a series of services that have been pre-placed in the service areas. My trainer points to a target, […]

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January 10, 2024
078 Smash followed by a volley

Hi friends, Here is an interesting exercise because it will allow us to practice both smach and volleying. Often in a match we are for example in a situation of doing a smash from the middle of the field then we follow our ball to go up on the volley in case the opponent returns […]

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January 10, 2024
077 Forehand volley with lateral movement

Hi friends Here is a hot potato but super interesting exercise, often when you are on the fly you have to hit not one but two or three in a row... And often you have to move This exercise allows you to practice hitting forehand flaps while moving: With my partner we engage in a […]

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January 10, 2024
074 Forehand accuracy: Playing in the doubles lane

Hi friends A classic exercise to gain precision in the forehand: Rally in the doubles lane playing only on the forehand. Small exercise in 20 points (10 on each side)... Very good little exercise to start a session or finish a warm-up.     Download this sheet in PDF format Credit: Image created with: Elouan […]

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January 9, 2024
073 Long line forehand: Speed ​​and timing

Hi ! Today I took part in a super intense tennis workout, but honestly, it was so cool! My coach throws a series of balls at me. In response, I have to return a powerful forehand down the line. To work on my legs and my speed, I have to go around the two cones […]

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January 9, 2024
068 Crosscourt forehand training

Hi friends Succeeding in a short crosscourt forehand is still super satisfying... but to have a good success percentage you have to train and persevere. Here is an exercise for hitting series of short crosscourt forehands that is quite interesting because it also allows us to work on the depth of the court.   The […]

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January 8, 2024
060 Returning a short, inconsistent ball

Hi friends I think it happened to you, as it happens to all of us, to find yourself facing an opponent who gives you soft balls without consistency, balls that have no speed to rely on to return. This little exercise allows us to work on this type of ball. The coach (B) with the […]

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January 8, 2024
058 Exercise to defend on the forehand

Hi In a rally, on the diagonal forehand you should not always be in a hurry to finish the point, you sometimes have to know how to be patient and wait to get the good ball. In this kind of situation it is good to hold the diagonal and not provide the favorable ball to […]

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January 6, 2024
051 Precision in the forehand

Hi Being precise in the forehand regardless of the area of ​​the court in which you are located to hit is the goal of this exercise. Description and purpose of the exercise: The basket coach sends the balls to position P1 P2 and P The player must systematically return the balls to position P4 The […]

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January 5, 2024
050 Volley training for 4 players

Hi If you like the stolen serve, this exercise is for you. It has the advantage of being able to play 4 players at a relatively high pace so that he hits a lot of the ball on serve and on the volley. In this exercise the players are partners and not opponents. Description and […]

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January 3, 2024
040 Regularity tennis exercise 1.2.3.4 and go

Hi Here is a very simple little exercise that I often do with my brother and which has helped me gain consistency. Description and purpose of the exercise: We will play a point without service and hold 4 strikes as a partner before starting to be aggressive. The objective of this exercise is to train […]

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December 21, 2023
036 Tennis training: Forehand and Smash

Hi, In this exercise, With a trainer (A) and a partner I work on my forehand and my smash 1) the coach in (A) sends me a ball on my forehand, 2) I return a rounded topspin ball to the forehand side corner then I will turn around the cone (at B) 3) My partner […]

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December 21, 2023
035 Tennis exercise: Smash 1

Hi the smash!! What satisfaction when it passes, What frustration when it ends in the net... lol Here is an exercise that helps me better coordinate my movements, I also work on the perception and speed of execution of my Smash. 1) My partner / coach sends a ball that I can hit at the […]

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December 19, 2023
029 Tennis exercise - Precision in the backhand

Hi On the backhand (as on the shot) I must know how to place the ball where I want and whatever my position on the court. With this exercise in ball machine mode I train to target an area. The machine distributes the balls to the left, then to the center then to the right […]

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December 18, 2023
030 Tennis drill : Forehand precision 2

Hi To gain precision with my forehand I must be able to aim at an area from anywhere on the court. With this exercise I have to return the ball with a forehand always on the same target. The ball machine sends balls consecutively to the sectors: Backhand / center / forehand I move around […]

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November 30, 2023
016 Tennis Exercise : targeting zones & passing

When you start playing tennis, you tend to put the ball back in the center, but the idea is to put your opponent in difficulty and therefore find areas that are not in the center to force him to run to position himself. and make sure it's not an easy move for him. My father […]

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November 23, 2023
011 Tennis drill : Target an area with Smash

Mastering the smash when you're starting out is not easy... We often have a tendency, for some mysterious reason, to pistachio the ball into the net... A very good workout is to do smashes targeting areas. This exercise is on the one hand technically very productive, but in addition it allows players to visualize an […]

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November 23, 2023
010 Tennis drill : Butterfly in the service squares

A rather nice exercise to warm up, butterfly in the service square. There must necessarily be two, 1) I send the ball diagonally 2) my partner sends it to me long line, 3) I go get it and send it back to the other diagonal, 4) my partner sends it back to me long line... […]

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November 15, 2023
005 Exercise to stop double faults

  Situation : Last year, believe it or not, at the start of the season I made an average of 2 double faults eatch game... it was as if my opponent started at 30/0 each game.... lol In order to solve this with my father we imagined a very simple exercise:    Exercise : A […]

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November 12, 2023
004 Drill : Precision in service

  Hi !! Being able to target an area when serving is super advantageous. This allows me, for example, to choose to serve on my opponent's backhand, or to the body if I see that it bothers him... When I started, I had trouble putting the ball in the service square... but now I know […]

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November 8, 2023
002 Tennis drill : Exploit the depth of the terrain

Situation : The other day I played against an adult player who was technically less accomplished than me, lower ranked than me and yet he beat me 6/4 6/3... and he didn't steal his victory. He was a guy who ran everywhere, I play to the right he puts the ball back, I play to […]

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