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