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Day 1 - AM

Carla Serrano

Private Lesson - Andrea & Mike

NO AUDIO

•  Soft, use control
•  Slow the volleys down
•  For volley, short prep, face racquet forwards, follow through downwards. Wrist is held strong, can bend a little bit for slice, but don’t need to.
•  Quick return to ready position after volley
•  When moving side to side, step forwards, rather than chasse side to side, will get me back to position sooner
•  Tactic - when at net, play on one player 3-4x, then down middle, then switch to other player… otherwise they get too much control of the point.
• Wait to hit balls when they are waist height

DRILLS
Warm up

•  always soft with bounce - mid court - parallel, if 4 people, then switch after a while to cross court
•  Then further back - soft, easy to return hits down the line, the cross court
• OPTION: Volley - don’t let it bounce - parallel

Day 1 - AM

Carla Serrano & Fernando

Team Training - Andrea & Mike, Irina & Irina

NO AUDIO

•  Look for the gaps
•  Body side on
•  Step forwards with the volley
• For soft wall balls, get right back on the wall, so the ball is in front of you.

DRILLS

•  2 pp at back, 2pp at net
•  Back people have two dots - they have to do figure of 8 movements around the two dots.
•  Net people play all to R side player until an obvious one can go down the middle (soft)…and then change to L side player for 3-4 hits until an obvious one allows you to change sides again
• Back player needs to alternate hitting to both net players.

Day 1 - PM

Fernando

Defense & Mobility Training - Andrea & Mike

NO AUDIO

Day 2

Carla Serrano

Private Lesson - Andrea & Mike

Lob

•  Face side on, stay side on when do the lob
•  You don’t need to stretch all the way up
•  Bend knees, wide stance
•  Racquet angle, not open so much that it’s flat - closer to 50-60 degrees open
•  Turn side in first… then little steps to adjust, and then one of final step to take wide stance
•  Backhand lob - don’t let racquet go too far behind you… just to side, with racquet open to correct angle.

Bandeja

•  Straight away. Turn side on, arms up
•  Racquet arm - high 5, a little more open, and top a little towards me
•  Wait for ball to drop before hitting it
• STAY side on until contact the ball… after contact the ball, follow through downward with racquet and move forwards with body weight (to take the net again)

Day 2

Fernando

Private Lesson - Andrea & Mike

•  Always little steps… then STOP before hit the ball, ie bandeja, but same for all shots

Smash

•  racquet facing front, move legs, keep ball to side of you, contact it forwards to a smash, and jump with feet to get power
•  Wider feet, base of support, bend knees, trophy position.
•  Aim for the back line so it rebounds off the glass

Day 3

Fernando

Team Training - Andrea & Mike

NO AUDIO

DRILLS

•  2 pp at net, 2 pp at back.
•  Net person starts. Hits cross court, person at back hits parallel, person at net hits cross court, person at back hits parallel. Repeat.
• After 4 -someone can hit a lob on a good ball…then play the point out.

Day 3

Fernando

Double Private Lesson - Andrea & Mike

Day 4

Carla Serrano

Private Lesson - Andrea & Mike

Day 4

Fernando

Private Lesson - Andrea & Mike

Day 4

Fernando

Team Training - Andrea

NO AUDIO

•  2 pp at net, 2 pp at back.
•  1 ball person starts with a short lob cross court
•  Person at net Bandeja parallel, then play the point.
• Person starting off the point, changes to a different net person each time.

Day 5

Fernando

Team Training - Andrea & Mike

DRILLS

•  2pp at back defending, dot on ground middle of each side. 2 pp at net - always hitting between the two dots with volley. 2 pp at back - always keep ball down, no lobs. Start with rally - soft ball, easy ball. Talking with partner.  Rotate around all 4 positions.
• Free play - but those at net - can’t let the ball bounce (should be a volley no bounce).
• 2 at net, 2 at back. One at the back passes a short lob to start cross court, then next person hits cross court bandeja - then free play.

Day 5

Pepe

Private Lesson - Andrea & Mike

Day 5

Fernando

Defense & Mobility Training - Andrea & Mike