The following are directions for exercises that beginners should do during their first year of playing tennis. This routine helps improve hand-eye coordination and feel for the ball.
Tennis players 0-3 months
Tennis Basketball 5 minutes (once you can do it 100 times in a row you can stop*)
Tennis Volleyball 5 minutes (once you can do it 100 times in a row you can stop)
Tennis Volleyball with Bounce 5 minutes (once you can do it 100 times in a row you can stop)
Glue Ball to Racquet 5 minutes (once you can do it 100 times in a row you can stop)
Tennis Ball Throw 100 times (throw as far as possible from a sideways position)
Tennis players 3-6 months
Tennis Basketball 5 minutes, alternate between open palm and closed palm (once you can do it 100 times in a row you can stop)
Tennis Volleyball 5 minutes, alternate between open palm and closed palm (once you can do it 100 times in a row you can stop)
Micro Tennis or Mini Tennis 5 minutes
Against the Wall 5 minutes
Tennis Ball Throw 100 times (throw as far as possible from a sideways position)
Tennis players 6-10 months
Micro Tennis or Mini Tennis 5 minutes
Against The Wall 15 minutes (spend half the time on groundstrokes and half on volleys)
Tennis Serve 50 times (during winter you can do throws instead)
* For every assignment that you stop doing, spend time playing against the wall instead.
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