Developing the Baseline Game, working in groups (up to 4 players)
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Description:
The coach organizes games, points or “Games”, including activities focused on players learning and developing their competitive abilities based on creating game situations (isolated or not), where they can be practiced.
Goal of the activity
Creating activities with a group of players, where a fun and relaxed atmosphere is created, and where they learn to compete, competing and following sporting values.
Planning of the session:
The planning of the session corresponds entirely to the coach, although the players should also propose different activities, where they enhance or improve their competitiveness.
Organization and development:
Integrate brief competitive activities into trainings (isolating different game situations).
The idea is to recreate different situations that will later happen in the real game and where the players carry out short competitions, competing against each other (defensive, offensive game, building points etc …). Players will learn to compete, competing “learning by doing”.
Coaches can record (or not) the results, in order to establish statistics and subsequent reports of what is happening.
During these competitions we work on mental aspects of tennis, focusing on concentration and emotional control, tolerance to frustration and improvement of body language.
Practical examples
Developing the Baseline Game by working in a group “singles”.
“Playing Up to 11 Points between 2 teams of 2 players”:
Players: 2 teams established of 2 players per team.
Initial Positions: there is one player competing and one player waiting at the back fence on each side.
Start of the Game: One of the players feeds the ball in play and the point is played out to its termination. The player that fed the ball gets out and his partner feeds. Each player plays 2 consecutive points (whether won or lost) except the player who started the game (the player that fed the ball first).
Change of Positions: each player plays 2 consecutive points, and the player that gets in – feeds.
Scoring: keeping score by teams.
Variants: Different rules can be established by the coach, according to the tactical actions that need to be developed.
Developing the Baseline Game by working in a group “wheel vs singles”.
“Ping Pong or Wheel game”:
Players: One player competes against 2 players that hit 1 stroke each, alternating, and using the full court (Doubles alleys are OUT).
Initial Positions: In the 1st Set: player A competes against players B and C that hit one stroke each. In the 2nd set: player B competes against players A and C. In the 3rd set: Player C competes against players A and B.
Start of the Game: A coach feeds the ball in play.
Change of Positions: In case there are more than 3 players competing; if the point is won – the player keeps the position; if the point is lost – that player is substituted by another player waiting behind, at the back fence.
Scoring: the game is up to 11 points; the player with the best result on the individual side – wins.
Variants: the players that hit one stroke each, also use only 1 racket and have to hand it to each other after every stroke.
Developing the Baseline Game by working in a group “singles and assigned task”.
“Playing Up to 11 Points between 2 teams of 2 players, serving Normal”:
Players: 2 teams established of 2 players per team.
Initial Positions: there is one player competing and one player waiting at the back fence on each side.
Start of the Game: One of the players serves (1st and 2nd serve) and the point is played out to its termination. The player that served gets out and his partner gets in and serves. Each player plays 2 consecutive points (whether won or lost) except the player who started the game (the player that fed the ball first).
Change of Positions: each player plays 2 consecutive points, and the player that gets in – serves.
Scoring: keeping score by teams.
Variants: Different rules can be established by the coach, according to the tactical actions that need to be developed.
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