Cross-court Training Session

What does it work?    X-court drive, boast, straight drive, x-drop, movement, disguise

Level: Intermediate.

Duration: Flexible but up to 90 minutes.

Number of players: 2-5         

Physical Intensity: Medium 

Goals and guidelines

• This is a fun, competitive ¾ court style session.
  
• One of the back corners is not used for the drill, and the “spare” players can stand here (as in 3/4 court), and swap in at the end of the next rally.
  
• It progresses through from a closed drill working on cross court length and width, to a more open one, which will challenge decision making and disguise skills too.
  

Description

1.    2 players at any one time, player A boast, B cross-court drive, then A straight drive, B now boasts and so on. You can score this, with the winning player scoring a point and staying on.

When finished, progress to the next game.

2.    With this progression, after the boast, you have an option of x-drop or cross-court drive. Rally then continues as above with a drive and a boast. Again this can be made into a game by scoring.

3.    As 2 but after any straight drive, you have the option of another straight drive.

4.    Repeat 1-3 on the other side.

Points to work on

-    Working back to the T after each shot.
-    Getting appropriate width.
-    Pushing forward whenever possible – can you volley the cross-court?