Mid Court Crusher

Here's a fun dead ball drill from PTR Master Professional Jorge Capestany. You can see his video of it here. Good for any size class, any ability. Simple and effective.

Players begin at baseline. Coach is at T at service line. Coach tosses ball out wide to deuce side of court at service line. Player charges in from baseline and rips a shot, then returns to end of line. Next player does the same but from ad side.

Maintain high energy, 'happy feet' and hustle. Goal is to recognize an invitation to move into the court and hit an aggressive shot.

Skill Pyramid

Skill Pyramid is similar to the 5 Points drill but on steroids. Which of course I do not support in any way. But you get my meaning. Students take turns hitting 5 balls as instructed. There will be five rounds of 5 balls, each round progressively more difficult.

Students each get fed 5 balls. What they are to do with their ball depends on what you are working on during the lesson - forehands, backhands, volleys, overheads, etc.

In Round 1, the challenge is to hit each of the 5 over the net and in play
Round 2 - ball must be hit directionally per coach's instruction (deuce, ad, center)
Round 3 - ball must be hit to depth per coach's instruction (short or deep)
Round 4 - ball must be hit with spin per coach's instruction (flat, topspin, slice)
Round 5 - ball must be hit with correct amount of power per coach's instruction (drop shot, screaming winner, aggressive approach, etc.)