Agility in tennis What is agility Agility is

Agility in tennis

What is agility? Agility is defined as the ability to change direction quickly at speed with ease. An example of this would be when a tennis players has to travel from one side of the court to the other after returning a shot.

First agility exercise In this video you see the athlete moving in different types of directions. By doing this exercise we will be able to see on what movements the athletes agility is better and worse. Coaching points 1. The player should start and finish the exercise in the same spot. 2. They should run backward diagonally 3. Then run forward straight away without stopping. 4. Side step back to the original position 5. Repeat in the other direction.

Is agility important in tennis? In tennis agility is one of the main skills that the tennis player need to have. If a tennis player didn’t have good agility then they wouldn’t be able to travel around the court effectively. Because tennis is quite a high intensity and high speed sport it means that the tennis players should be able to travel around the court with ease to return a shot. But also if the tennis players agility wasn’t good then the likelihood of them return the shot rapidly decreases.

Progression: 1 For this progression we have done ski jumps. This purpose of this exercise is quick jumps over the line while staying on your toes. In this case the player will be jumping over the green line. Coaching points 1. When jumping stay on your toes and perform quick jumps over the line. 2. When jumping try to keep your upper body still and move from the hips. 3. Keep your head up.

Progression: 2 This progression is a moving ski jump with backward runs once the player had reached the line and then a forward sprint to finish. Coaching points 1. Keep your head up. 2. Moving ski jumps to the line. 3. Run backwards to the starting position. 4. Immediately sprint to the end of the court.