24 Tennis Lessons

By Urska Juric

This book is dedicated to tennis coaches, tennis instructors and everyone who is looking for efficient, fun and creative ways to spend time on a tennis court. It consists of 24 one-hour-long fun and creative tennis lessons that include 111 exercises.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Feb 22, 2016
• ISBN: 9781483562940

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Copyright © 2016. 24 Tennis Lessons. By Urska Juric

ISBN: 978-1-4835629-4-0

CRS number: 4764533686

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Table of Contents

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgement

About the Author

Introduction

What this book will not teach you and how is this book structured

Chapter 1 – 6 Lessons for Children Ages 5-8

Lesson 1

1. Warm up

2. Walking on the heels and toes

3. Ladder exercises

4. Carrying a ball on a racket

5. Bouncing a ball on a racket

6. Forehand and backhand drill with the use of a ladder

Lesson 2

1. W – warm up

2. Figure 8 shuffle between two cones

3. Bouncing a ball on a racket while running slalom between the cones

4. Mini doubles with a big ball and without a tennis racket

5. Forehand and backhand drill with a ladder

Lesson 3

1. Jump rope warm up

2. Catch a ball

3. Tossing a ball while moving to the side

4. Crocodile game

Lesson 4

1. Star warm up

2. Mini doubles played with a rubber React -2 ball

3. Figure 8 out of a basket

4. Exercise one on one and one on coach

Lesson 5

1. Hexagon warm up

2. Directional movement

3. Racket between the legs

4. Mini singles tournament

Lesson 6

1. Rolling a ball between the legs

2. Passing a ball while moving the feet

3. Three-ball drill out of a basket while moving closer to the net

4. Goal keeper

5. Skeleton game

Chapter 2 – 6 lessons for children ages 8-9

Lesson 1

1. 1, 2, 3, 4 warm up (7,5 minutes)

2. Shadow movement

3. 6-ball drill out of a basket

4. Ping pong midi doubles with a racket exchange

5. Serve

Lesson 2

1. Jumping rope while moving forward to the net and back to the baseline

2. Motion swings

3. Mini court forehand and backhand cross

4. Shuffle through a ladder, then stop and hit forehand/backhand

5. Consistency drill

Lesson 3

1. Triangle warm up

2. Jump rope while shuffling to the side with arms moving forward

3. Stop and hit game played on a mini court

4. Touching the cones drill

5. Overhead drill with a bounce

Lesson 4

1. Fire, storm, sunshine warm up

2. Bouncing a ball with a racket while following the lines

3. 360º degree jump drill

4. Different stations

5. Fast doubles played on a midi court

Lesson 5

1. Stacking the racket warm up

2. Forehand and backhand target drill

3. Transitional drill – moving forward

4. Introduction to slice

Lesson 6

1. Jumping Jax with sprints

2. Tossing balls to two children at the same time

3. Serve out of the box and return

4. Singles on a midi court

Chapter 3 – 6 Lessons for Children Ages 9-10

Lesson 1

1. Coordination warm up

2. Mini doubles tennis – hitting into the ground

3. 20-ball consistency drill

4. Volleying with two rackets

5. Full court point play – first 4 balls have to go through the middle before the point is started

Lesson 2

1. Quick jumps over the cones and sprint

2. Around the world on mini court

3. Jumping of a box and volleying

4. Playing points cross court

Lesson 3

1. Corner touch warm up

2. Mini court volleyball doubles

3. »Fear« a bench

4. Drill 3.1.4

5. Serve – 1, 2, 3 targets

Lesson 4

1. Happy jumping

2. Small court warm up

3. Baseline warm up

4. I-scream game

5. Team serves under pressure

Lesson 5

1. Mini court soccer game with a big ball

2. Behind the back ball toss

3. Out of a basket figure 8

4. Dingles

Lesson 6

1. 4 ladder exercises

2. Mini field warm up

3. Figure 8 from the baseline

4. 6-ball drill

5. Serving from the service line and returning from the baseline

Chapter 4 – 6 Lessons for children age 10-14

Lesson 1

1. Mini doubles warm up

2. Out of a basket drill 4.1.2

3. Recovery drill with jumps over the cones

4. Lob and overhead drill

Lesson 2

1. Mini court figure 8 warm up with a big ball

2. Baseline warm up – alternating forehand and backhand stroke

3. Drop shot

4. Dingles with serve

Lesson 3

1. Holding hands and tossing a ball warm up

2. 50 ball warm up drill over the yellow line

3. Spin volley drill

4. 7-strokes skill test

5. 20 serves/20 returns

Lesson 4

1. Jump rope warm up

2. 3-ball drill – forehand/backhand long ball, forehand/backhand approach shot and forehand/backhand drive volley

3. Practicing serve with a ladder

4. Soft points

Lesson 5

1. 4-leaf clover warm up

2. Doubles alley warm up on a mini field

3. Doubles alley warm up on a full tennis court

4. Volleys one on one

5. Small ball drill

6. 40/15 game

Lesson 6

1. Mini doubles with 5 pounds medicine ball

2. Inside change of direction

3. Rush and crush

4. Serve and hit