This is about methodical traditionalism. Its old, but we find footsteps in current tennis coaching.
Lucky to work playful and action-oriented. Have fun watching the video, which was a mechandising video for tennis clothes in 1956.
This is about methodical traditionalism. Its old, but we find footsteps in current tennis coaching.
Lucky to work playful and action-oriented. Have fun watching the video, which was a mechandising video for tennis clothes in 1956.
Posted by Matt Kuzdub on Mittwoch, 13. September 2017
Nice drill, posted by Matt Kuzdub. By itself and with some variations, this is also a good exercise to improve decision making and executive functions. By the way we can use it as „Trick the mind“-Drills to improve mental strength.
Variations:
1. set target on both sides;
2. use targets in different colours (f.e. one red and one white):
a) player announces the target before hitting the ball („red“ or „white“);
b) coach announces the target (colour);
c) player or coach uses animal names for the targets (red=“tiger“; white=“cheetah“)
d) coach or player announces target (colour) and speed or spin (f.e. „red-topspin“ or „red-save“, ….)
e) player or coach announces target (animal) and uses another animal name for spin or ball height (f.e. „snake=flat“, „giraffe= high over the net“), then f.e. „tiger-snake“ or „tiger-giraffe“,….
This is a constraints led practice drill. Serving from a line, 1,5 m behind the baseline and in extension of the single line.
Improving service, court covery and creativity in a game based and constraints led drill.
You can play f.e. 10 points from the deuce court side and 10 points from the add court side or you can play a regular counted game.
More about the contraints led approach and the service: