U11 On Court HBL Week 2

Learning Objectives

• Baseline game

• Playing under pressure

• Positive self talk

Drill 1

• Attack/defend forehand

• Player A stands in the forehand corner

• Player B stands in the backhand corner

• Player A feeds cross court to forehand side of Player B by putting him on the defense

• Player A tries to take complete control of the point and finish quickly

• Player B tries to defend playing back in the middle deep and stay in the point

• Play first to 10 points

• Alternate roles to attack/defend and play again

Drill 2

• Attack/defend backhand

• Player A stands in the backhand corner

• Player B stands in the forehand corner

• Player A feeds cross court to backhand side of Player B by putting him on the defense

• Player A tries to take complete control of the point and finish quickly

• Player B tries to defend playing back to the middle deep and stay in the point

• Play first to 10 points

• Alternate roles to attack/defend and play again

Drill 3

• Be positive

• Only one serve allowed

• Server gets only one serve, if he miss he loses the point

• Returner tries and take charge of the point by playing aggressive

• Before every point starts, remind yourself to be positive with the phrase like (come on, fight, you’ve got this…)

• If you say it three points in a row and the opponent can hear you, you”ll get a bonus point

• Play first to 10 points

• Alternate roles and play again (compare the score to determine the winner)

Open game

• Play tiebreaks - focus on self talk and being positive between the points

U11 On court HBL Week 3

Learning Objectives

• Serve/Return

• Consistency and direction

• Routines

Drill 1

• Serve/Return consistency

• Players only serve and return, without playing out the point

• Player A serves 25 balls on deuce and 25 balls on ad side of the court

• Player B returns 25 balls on deuce and 25 balls on ad side of the court

• Goal is to consistently place the ball in the court

• Players count how many good serves and returns in a row the made and compare the scores

• Alternate roles to serve/return and play again

• Practice setup and routines (breathing, fixing the strings, ball bounces...) before each serve/return

Drill 2

• Serve direction deuce side

• Players play 10 points in total, in case of 5:5 they play deciding point

• Player A serves only on deuce side 10 points

• He tells the player B where his ball will go (forehand side or backhand side)

• Player B uses this information to prepare, plan and construct the point

• After that they play out the point

• Players alternate on serve and return (compare the score to determine the winner)

• Practice set up and routines between every point (breathing, fixing the strings, ball bounces,...) before each serve/return

Drill 3

• Serve direction ad side

• Players play 10 points in total, in case of 5:5 they play deciding point

• Player A serves only on ad side 10 points

• He tells the player B where his ball will go (forehand side or backhand side)

• Player B uses this information to prepare, plan and construct the point

• After that they play out the point

• Players alternate on serve and return (compare the score to determine the winner)

• Practice set up and routines between every point (breathing, fixing the strings, ball bounces,...) before each serve/return

Open game

• Play tiebreaks - focus on doing the routines (breathing, fixing the strings, ball bounces...)

U11 On court HBL Week 4

Learning Objectives

• Baseline game

• Movement and ball direction

• Motivation

Drill 1

• Middle triangle

• Player A stands in the middle of the court

• He plays one ball on the forehand and another ball on the backhand side

• Player B runs and puts everything back in the middle deep

• If Player A plays two balls in a row to the same side the set stops

• Players are encouraged to cooperate and rally

• Count the number of balls hit within one set without mistakes

• Goal is 50 balls hit together within a set, duration around 10 min

• Alternate the rolls and practice again

Drill 2

• Player A feeds 4 balls left and right (from the service line) putting Player B on the defensive

• Player B runs and plays cross courts

• Player B must play the ball with topspin while running, is not allowed to just push the ball back

• Try to push each other when feeding the balls

• After the 4th ball was feed Player A moves back and the point is played out

• Alternate the rolls every 10 points in total

• Count the points and compare the score

Drill 3

• The magician/commentator

• Players play points out of the hand (first to 11)

• But before each point they take turns in providing a commentary of what is going to happen

• If they execute the same action successfully they get a bonus point

Open game

• Play tiebreaks - focus on positive thinking, motivate yourself and try to have fun

Drill 3

• The magician/commentator

• Players play points out of the hand (first to 11)

• But before each point they take turns in providing a commentary of what is going to happen

• If they execute the same action successfully they get a bonus point

Open game

• Play tiebreaks - focus on positive thinking, motivate yourself and try to have fun