Goals:

Technical concept:

1. Static forehand serve stroke to begin the play
   • Grip: eastern
   • Basic position: lateral

Coordinative concept:

1. Perception of the depth and heights of the ball
2. Control of power throwing balls with hand and raquet
3. Reception of balls with no bounce, 1 bounce or 2 bounces

Goals:

Technical concept:

1. Continue with Static forehand serve stroke to begin the play
   • Grip: eastern
   • Basic position: lateral

Coordinative concept:

1. Different types of movements, jumps and general balance in tennis.
   • Movement + throwing / recieving.
   • Jumping + throwing / recieving.
   • Movement + jumping + throwing / recieving

Goals:

Technical Concept:

1. Forehand eastern grip
2. Standard position: lateral.
3. Racket take back (top of the racket over the hand)
4. Contact between hip and shoulder
5. Good follow through on the impact point

Tactical concept

1. Find control of parabolic shots
2. Find control of strenght
3. Introduction to rallies

Goals:

Technical Concept:

1. Introduce concept of «snail». Tecnical focuse on:
   1. Eastern grip
   2. Lateral position
   3. Movement of the shot: «snail». Big swing and semicircular . The elbow doesn´t separate too much from the body.
   4. Shot termination with the non dominant hand

Tactical concept

1. Find control of parabolic shots using <snail> concept
2. Find control of strenght
3. Continue practicing rallies

Goals:

Technical and coordinative Concept:

1. Adjustment to the ball
   1. Contact between hip and shoulder
   2. Ball’s perception
   3. Diagonal movements
   4. Recoveries and waiting position

Tactical concept

1. Trajectory of the stroke: parabolic
2. Dominating rallies

Note: players are allowed to hit the ball with one or two bounces. This allow players to learn faster on when they have to hit the ball.

Coordination drills:

Eeach player has to have a racquet and a ball and has to follow the instructions of the coach at the same time as walking or jumping on the lines of the court maintaining the balance

• Holding the ball on the strings of the racquet
• Bouncing the ball with the racket,
• Bouncing the ball on the strings… etc

Control your power:

Players have to make exercises where they under-hand serve to the other side of the court and the other player has to catch the ball after 0, 1 o 2 bounces.

Control of Forehand strenght:

Two players are placed at the front of each doubles alley
and they do the following exercise: one throws the ball with the hand
trying to get it to bounce through a hoop and the other, after the
bounce, has to hit a forehand towards the thrower’s hands.

Game “Grand Slam” single:

DESCRIPTION:

PLAYERS: Played in singles. The players choose to play one of the four Grand Slams:  (Wimbledon, Roland Garros, US Open or Australian Open)

STARTING POSITIONS: Two players are at the baseline of the court, the coach is at the net post, and four players are waiting in a line at the other net post.

GAME START: The coach puts the ball in play to one of the two players.

CHANGING POSITIONS: The player who wins the point maintains his position.  The player who loses the point goes to the post and gives up their place to a team-mate who comes running from the post and hits the ball thrown by the coach.

SCORING: The score is kept like winning rounds in a tournament.  Counting begins from round of 32, then if the player wins, he goes on to round of 16,  then if he wins he passes to quarterfinals, then if he wins he passes to semi-finals, then if he wins he passes to the final, and if he wins the final he wins the tournament. If a player loses the point, he is last in line at the post and begins again from round of 32.