Game/Task Outline for Partner Game in Quadrant

Tactical Problem: To keep the ball moving.
Skill development: Side stepping.  Hit ball before it drops to ground.  Relocating to middle of modified court to receive the ball after it has bounced.
Teaching Points: 
Tactics:
  • moving yourself to a position to receive or send the ball
  • use short/long passes to move your partner deep or short within the court
Skills:
  • Feet shoulder width, knees bent
  • Push off outside foot
  • Let ball drop in front of racquet 
 
 
 
 

 

Organizational Points:  2 racquets, 4 cones, one skipping rope, 1 tennis ball.
-same partners as warm-up -one touch control if needed -high arc to hits (for time) -back and side boundaries - to return shot, play the center of opponent's body - score point by getting ball by opponent within the boundary.
Score of 3 court gets bigger.