101 Youth Tennis Drills: 101 Drills
Ebook
Overview
Designed specifically for young tennis players, this manual contains a wide range of progressive practice drills to help players develop.
Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are illustrated and cover the essential technical skills, including:
- warming up
- baseline play
- net play
- serving/returning
- doubles play
As well as easy-to-follow instructions, each drill contains information on the equipment needed, the space required, how to construct a safe and effective training session and how to organise the participants, especially when there are lots of players taking part.
Designed specifically for young tennis players, this manual contains 101 progressive practical drills to help young tennis players develop. Fun, educational and challenging, all drills are clearly illustrated and cover the essential technical skills, including warming up, baseline play, net play, serving/returning and doubles play.
This book builds on the success of the 101 Youth Drills series - over 55,000 copies sold of titles in this series since 1999
Tennis is a hugely popular school and youth sport
The drills are fully illustrated and easy to follow and specifically designed for youth players
There are currently 6000 active tennis coaches in the UK with around 1000 becoming newly qualified each year (both full and part-time). This doesn’t include PE teachers and primary teachers.
This brand new title fills a gap in the list covering this key summer sport. Published in good time for Wimbledon.
About the authors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Session Guidelines
2 Warming up
3 Coordination and Movement
4 Baseline Play
5 Net Play
6 Serving and Returning
7 Doubles
8 Games Scenarios
9 Fun Games
10 Cooling Down
Recognised as a practice bible for youth tennis coaches - and rightfully so.
Fun, educational and challenging...
- Title: 101 Youth Tennis Drills
- Authors: Rob Antoun, Dan Thorp
- Series: 101 Drills
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Sport
- Print Publication Date: 2013
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 1
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781408195932, 9781408113301, 1408113309, 1408195933
- Resource ID: LLS:9781408195932
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T12:05:47Z
Rob Antoun and Dan Thorp are both experienced tennis coaches and run ProTennisSolutions, providing freelance coaching services around the world.