Lesson Content & Delivery Topics

To assess Tennis knowledge and playing ability within the 4 playing factors: 

  • Technical - how to perform and execute a stroke.
  • Physical - Movement and Footwork patterns, movement literacy, endurance, how the body copes and performs under sustained exercise and pressure.
  • Mental - Speed of decision making, dealing with stressful situations, problem solve, rituals and overall mental ability.
  • Tactical - Shot selection, appropriate technique for tactic, appropriate tactic for situation, patterns of play.

 

Playing Positions:

  • Baseline to baseline
  • In the danger zone
  • You inside baseline
  • Opponent inside baseline
  • You at net
  • Opponent at net
  • Serving
  • Returning

 

Tactical situations:

  • Trading
  • Building
  • Neutralising
  • Counter punching
  • Offensive
  • Hustling
  • Finishing

 

Serves:

  • Week 1 - 2nd Serve. Grip, stance, ball toss and tactical purpose
  • Week 2 - Grip, stance & ball toss
  • Week 3 - Doubles and singles serving position
  • Week 4 - Direction and spin - Deuce and Advant side
  • Week 5 - Serving tactically
  • Week 6 - 1st Serve
  • Week 7 - Servers partner positioning
  • Week 8 - Server recieving 3rd ball
  • Week 9 - Servers partner intercepting 3rd ball
  • Week 10 - Servers partner decision making with options presented (generally)
  • Week 11 - Serve and volley
  • Week 12 - Servers partner being lobbed
  • Week 13 - Player job when partner serving and volleying
  • Week 14 - communication in doubles
  • Week 15 - Wide serve
  • Week 15a - Servers partner intentions
  • Week 16 - T serve
  • Week 16a - Servers partner intentions 
  • Week 17 - The body serve
  • Week 17b - Servers partner intentions
  • Week 17 - Kick serve
  • Week 18 - Serve Formations
  • Week 19 - Servers 1st Volley
  • Week 20 - Servers 2nd Volley

 

Returning:

  • Week 1 - Grip and stance
  • Week 2 - Get the ball over and in
  • Week 3 - Returning 1st serve
  • Week 4 - Blocking 1st Serve 
  • Week 5 - Tactical intentions and options
  • Week 6 - Returner partner position and intentions 
  • Week 7 - Direction and spin
  • Week 8 - Returning formations defensive
  • Week 9 - Lob net player
  • Week 10 - Proactive partner when opponent lobbed
  • Week 11 - Returning 2nd serve
  • Week 12 - Attacking 2nd serve
  • Week 13 - Returning formation aggressively
  • Week 14 - Passing down line
  • Week 15 - Sharp partner when passing down line
  • Week 16 - Hitting down the middle
  • Week 17 - Partner be ready if ball below net
  • Week 18 - Cross court wide
  • Week 19 - Partner, cover that tramline
  • Week 20 - Returning the kick serve

 

Forehand:

Trading on baseline

  • Week 1 - Over and in
  • Week 2 - Grip and swing
  • Week 3 - Trading Baseline to baseline
  • Week 4 - Ball trajectory rainbow etc.
  • Week 5 - Stay in the point area 5
  • Week 6 - Trade to build 
  • Week 7 - Traffic lights rallying Red, Amber and Green

 

Building:

Inside the baseline

  • Week 8 - hitting with confidence
  • Week 9 - sending high ball to backhand 
  • Week 10 - hit into space
  • Week 11 - make your opponent move
  • Week 12 - inside in
  • Week 13 - inside out
  • Week 14 - inside in or/and out
  • Week 15 - cross court
  • Week 16 - down the line
  • Week 17 - cross and/or down line
  • Week 18 - varying height, spin, speed and width
  • Week 19 - Short and wide ball
  • Week 20 - Traffic lights rallying Red, Amber and Green

 

Finish:

  • Week 21 - Short low ball
  • Week 22 - Movement to net on short low ball
  • Week 23 - Short high ball
  • Week 24 - Mid court ball
  • Week 25 - Traffic lights rallying Red, Amber and Green

 

Defensive:

  • Week 26 - dealing with Slice low ball
  • Week 27 - dealing with a low short ball 

 

SHBackhand and DHBackhand:

Trading on baseline.

  • Week 1 - Over and in
  • Week 2 - Grip and swing
  • Week 3.- Trading Baseline to baseline
  • Week 4 - Ball trajectory rainbow etc.
  • Week 5 - Stay in the point area 5
  • Week 6 - Trade to build 
  • Week 7 - Traffic lights rallying Red, Amber and Green

 

Building:

Inside the baseline

  • Week 8 - hitting with confidence
  • Week 9 - high ball to backhand 
  • Week 10 - hit into space
  • Week 11 - make your opponent move
  • Week 12 - Low short ball defensive
  • Week 13 - Mid court dropshot
  • Week 14 - Low angles slice
  • Week 15 - Cross court deep
  • Week 16 - down the line
  • Week 17 - cross and/or down line
  • Week 18 - varying height, spin, speed and width
  • Week 19 - Short and wide ball
  • Week 20 - Traffic lights rallying Red, Amber and Green

 

Finish:

  • Week 21 - Short low ball 
  • Week 22 - Movement to net on short low ball
  • Week 23 - Short high ball
  • Week 24 - Mid court ball
  • Week 25 - Traffic lights rallying Red, Amber and Green

 

Defensive:

  • Week 26 - dealing with Slice low ball
  • Week 27 - dealing with a low short ball

 

Volleys  Forehand & Backhand:

  • Drop volley
  • Drive volley
  • Stop volley
  • Angled volley
  • Lob volley
  • Net position
  • Transitional Volley
  • Low volley
  • Half-Volley
  • Drive half volley

 

Smash:

  • Flat
  • Slice
  • Topspin
  • Reverse smash

 

Lob:

  • Lifted 
  • Topspin
  • Low level lob
  • Lob on the run

 

Mental and playing Intentions:

  • Direction
  • Controlling direction
  • Taking time away
  • Holding onto ball
  • Momentum
  • Rituals
  • Belief
  • Controlling your emotions
  • Positive Intentions
  • Purging negativity