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Ball Machine Drills: Starter Workout – Complete

Groundstrokes Level 1

  • 1 Short Court Narrow

    Intent: Warm up. Go through “self-checklist”. Set your topspin and slice swing path at an easy pace. You should only need to hit a max of 40-50 balls in this drill.

  • 2 Short Court Wide

    Intent: Work on hitting tight shortcourt angles with lots of topspin and moving side-to-side. Move side to side. Loosen wrist so you can generate spin and hit tight cross court angles.

  • 4 Baseline Narrow

    Intent: Find your range for the opposite baseline. Utilize basic front-foot pivot footwork pattern.

  • 4 Baseline Wide

    Intent: Work on dynamic movement and recovery. Hit and immediately push off to be ready for the next ball. Do 3x 10-20 ball sequences and rest between sets. Commit to recovering past the center mark before the next ball is released.

  • Low Ball High Ball

    Intent: Alternating low and high ball in the center of the court. An easy introduction to adjusting your swing path based on the trajectory of the ball.

  • Straight Ad Court

    Intent: Hit a set of balls cross court. Then a set of balls down the line. Then alternate.

  • Straight Deuce Court

    Intent: Hit a set of balls cross court. Then a set of balls down the line. Then alternate.

Groundstrokes Level 2

These two drills are a little challenging and will require some forward and backward movement. Feel free to skip these if you want to practice more with minimal movement or if you are short on time.

  • 1 Deep and 2 Short Ad

    Intent: 3 ball sequence of high and low balls. Move in to attack the short ball. Move back to the recovery point.

  • 1 Deep and 2 Short Deuce

    Intent: 3 ball sequence of high and low balls. Move in to attack the short ball. Move back to the recovery point.

Volley Overhead Drills

  • 1 Volley Narrow

    Intent: Easy balls for anyone to warm up their volleys and focus on technique.

  • 2 Easy Overheads

    Intent: Gentle lobs alternating deuce and ad court so you can work on your basic overhead timing without too much backward movement.

  • High Volley Low Volley

    Intent: Alternating high and low volleys in random directions

  • Volley Overhead Easy

    Intent: Alternating volleys and overheads so you practice your front and back movement and recovery.