The next drill turns two adjacent courts into what I like to call diagonal tennis and then horizontal tennis. The purpose of this exercise is two-fold, first, extend the length of the playing area to encourage players to hit through their shots and secondly to create visual interest and a change in perspective.
Okay, in this section, ladies and gentlemen, we are going to be using the courts completely differently. We are not going to be playing across; rather we are going to be using adjacent courts. So you guys are going to be playing as such. And all it is, is to bouncing a hit and the ball has to land in the doubles court.
That was a point of diagonal tennis. Now, take a look at a point of horizontal tennis.
Next, comes a game where we use a deck of cards to create some fun, competition while increasing interest. The specific purpose of this game is to get players to see tennis as a game, and not get so competitive that they excessively worry about winning and losing to the detriment of their performance. I like to call it tennis poker. Let's listen in.
You can make up any card game that you might like. So this game will be for example, with a winner of each point gets card. The 10 or a picture card is worth 10. Get a picture card in here. Here is a picture card, 10 points. And Ace is worth 11, and you play first to win 101 points.
So we just hold the deck, you get to serve. The winner will serve in the next point, and the first card you are playing for, you can do this with a hidden card or exposed is a 5. You won the 5. The next card. Now, you are going to the next card. The next card is the 2. It affects the amount of pressure. The next card, 2. The next card is 10. Double fault, 10 to 7, the next card is 3, and the game goes on and on until the goal is reached. And that's tennis poker.
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