Serve and Return Development

Starting the Point Underhand

One big hurdle kids need to overcome is learning to hit the ball in the square with an underhand motion to start a point. To get access to the videos and premium media, just login here, register here for a free trial, or beco...

Serve Practice

Players practice their serve. They hit serves to an open court without a returner and work on their technique. To get access to the videos and premium media, just login here, register here for a free trial, or become a member...

Serve and Return Practice

The coach or the players if they can do it, serve 4 to six balls to one side of the court. To get access to the videos and premium media, just login here, register here for a free trial, or become a member of „Tennis2Brain�...

Bambinis – Return – The Platform

Players practice their return and emphasize the split step by stepping on a platform, jumping down and landing with a split step. The jump will help them understand the concept of split stepping To get access to the videos and...

Bambinis – Serve – Serving to Both Sides

Young players practice serving to both sides. For beginners start the serve with the racquet in throwing position. The focus should be on tossing in the right place, making contact as high as possible and in controling the direction of t...

Bambinis – Overhand Throws

Before learning to serve, children need to feel comfortable throwing a ball overhand accurately and powerfully, so throwing and working on the throwing technique should be integrasted in most lessons as a precursor to the serve. ...

Bambinis – Serve Fundamentals – Throwing for Distance

The key to developing a solid serve is to first develop the ability to throw a ball overhanded with power and control. In this drills young players are asked to try to throw a ball as far as they can, thus preparing them for the very sim...

Bambinis – Overhead Shots Basics – Contact Point

Using a balloon slows things down and allows the children to achieve success right away. In this drill the player holds the racquet up and works on making contatc high above the head with a stretched arm, a steppingstone to learning to s...

Bambinis – Serve Fundamentals – Throwing High

The key to developing a solid serve is to first develop the ability to throw a ball overhanded with power and control. In this drills young players are asked to try to throw a ball as high as they can, thus preparing them for the very si...

Bambinis – Serve Toss to Target on the Ground

The players practice tossing the ball so that it lands on their racquets, which they have placed inside the baseline on the floor. Make sure the players are tossing the ball high enough to hit a serve. To get access to the vi...

Bambinis – Tossing and Catching one Hand in Pocket (Serve)

Learning to toss in control is essential to develop a solid serve. Here is a simple exercise to help young children develop this skill. Children work on tossing as if serving and then catching the toss. The goal is to toss the ball so th...

Bambinis – Pre-serve Coordination

The serve requires the coordination of several different body parts. Especially difficult is to coordinate the movement of the arms in opposite directions while tossing and taking the racquet back. Here is an exercise where novice childr...

Bambinis – Serve and Return Practice

The coach and another player serve and two player practice the return. The group rotates so that everyone serves and returns. Depending on the level of the players the serves will serve from inside the court. With older advanced players ...

Bambinis – Tossing and Catching (Serve)

Working on the Return with a Partner

In this exercises you see kids working on two different exercises. On the one side they are working on focus when returning by trying to hit a ball thrown overhand with a bat. To get access to the videos and premium media, j...