This next concept is terrific for private lessons and also small groups, you may have to think a little to adopt it for larger groups but it is well worth the effort. Take a look.
Decision-making, when should you start integrating decision-making on a tennis court in a lesson at what level? It's a hard step right from the start. That makes sense?
That's right, quick thinking and decision-making is at the height of every aspect of tennis, the ball's height, speed, spin, and placement must be ascertain for incoming balls and for balls about to be hit. Players must decide, how and where they are going to hit each shot as well and it is never too soon to get your beginning students to start developing their decision-making skills. Here is an example, let's look at how different color balls can be used in a ball machine to help beginners develop these skills.
Derick, come here, okay with the left beforehand, you got in the coaching hood, stand on the side, alright. What we are going to do is, we are going to use the machine to toss some balls and every time you get a colored ball which is orange and yellow, you hit across the court. Let's put another cone there so we can at least designate it. Could you help me, just put the one in the cross court box, right in the middle of the service box and two over there, right here.
The number have to face this way, now with or without colored balls you can use the numbers also which we will show in a minute, but this gives you an idea what you are going to do is, hit the number one. When? When you are having yellow ball and hit two when you have the one that's orange and yellow, ready. This is just a very simple machine, you guys coaching her, that was the number one, that is looking simpler. Here you guys, all of you let's coach her. Which way is she hitting. You have got two more, good girl, one more and well done.
To adopt this exercise to eight players on a court, just divide the court in half and for even larger groups, you can turn the court side ways and easily have up to 24 or even 32 beginners on a single court.
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