Tennis Kids
Teaching Tennis to kids Age (8-11) and (12-14)?
Any tips on what drills to do, or games i can play with them i am a high school student and this is my first time teaching tennis lessons.
Thanks
ANY specific games for the younger kids other than the ones listed
for the 12-14 year olds make them run and do this for the week or how long you have them
ball toss: stand next to a high fence most likely the one around your court toss the ball up 700 (can be lower) times and each time it hits the fence start over must be 8ft high toss. when you can do this you will never miss throw. take one of their racquets and position the butt end against their front shoe and then toss and allow the ball to drop. It should bounce off the strings. If this is unclear or not sure where to set the racquet down on court without a diagram then next best thing is toss ball up 3 feet from end of tossing hand since racquet length, leg & arm extension upon point of impact should be around 3 feet above tossing hand at completion of toss. And allow ball to drop into hand. This gets them to learn to toss the ball and not flick it using the wrist
ground strokes:hit the ball at a wall slow and close 25 times then back up a little and do it 25 times more and get back more and more and repeat.
volleys full and half: have a friend hit balls to you while you stand at the T of the court and have the friend move the shots
Overheads: have a friend lob the ball to you and you must hit the overhead before the shot hits a ground. then put a cone somewhere on a court and aim for it using an overhead move cone around and work on getting more power
Lobs: lob to a friend who will overhead to you and you lob the ball back and they overheads and so on.
special shots: (drops approach): hit an approach shot to a friend who weakly returns it and then you drop shot him and start over.
Serve: put a cone in the serve box and aim for it move the cone then add power
Footwork: run from side to side up and down maybe 50 times then take a rest and have your team or a friend hit balls to you that you have to run to and get back into a place were they tell you to
games: around the world, rip your face off, Mini Tennis
8-11 just have them hit forehands and backhands
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