Tennisexercises for u13

  • The player stands in the middle of the backfield.
  • His/her racket is on the back line.
  • Five tennis balls are scattered around.
  • The player runs as fast as possible to the balls and brings them to the racket one at a time.
  • How fast are all five balls on the racket?
  • Use a stopwatch to keep track of time.
drawing Quick game - warm up
  • Trainer plays from the service box to opposite side
  • Player runs in and hits the ball back aiming to hit the pyramid of pawns.
  • Each hit is 1 point.
drawing Pyramid
  • Four balls are indicated at random.
  • There is a pot on each side of the court.
  • If a Forehand is played, the Forehand pot must be tapped.
  • If a Backhand is played, the Backhand pot must be tapped.
drawing Forehand-backhand
Put the players in a row next to each other.
About 1 meter in front of them on the ground is a tennis ball.

  • Have them put their feet slightly apart.
  • Quickly run -dribble- in place.
At the trainer's instruction they do while dribbling:
  • Hands on knees.
  • Hands on toes.
  • Hands on shoulders.
  • Hands forward.
  • Hands in the air.
  • When the trainer calls Ball!, they grab the ball as fast as they can.

  • Repeat and throw the commands interchangeably for variety.
drawing Warming up