Tennis Footwork Drills for Kids | RCW Athletic Club Tennis Drill Series

So the biggest thing for us is going to be turning and making sure that we Set our racket nice and early and that we cross our steps over. Okay, so we're here. We're gonna split step Okay, we're gonna split we're gonna turn and we're gonna cross I want to see us really focusing on this move right here with our feet Okay, when we take our last step, that's when we separate our hands and we swing farther back We are do we hit higher or lower over the net higher? So we want to see your ball going a little bit higher over the net as we do as we go Okay. All right, let's fire it up. Let's go girl when I turn I'm gonna set the racket. Okay. All right Here we go. Deep ball turn Yes Good and then up and split step good turn and set moving back Excellent. Good job. So there we need to go two more steps. Okay, we want to beat the ball back behind the court Okay, want to beat it beat it beat it go fast fast fast and swing beautiful job. Very nice No, and again turn cross That a girl. Excellent. Very nice work. Good energy. Fantastic back tough one Excellent up and split beautiful girl again Love it. Love the way you're preparing your racket getting set right away. Good split turn Excellent very nice split step good. You're gonna be three more. No while you're doing great Good phenomenal. Good job split step two more go Good more space remember higher the ball more space. I need back Phenomenal. Great job. Okay Fantastic. Now, can you show me how you're gonna do the same thing on the backhand side? What is it gonna look like you're gonna split step you do it right there do it right there for me turn cross set the hands And Rotate very good Now when I set my hands on my backhand do I want a lot of space or a little space a lot of space? Okay. All right. You showed me how we do it. Let's do it. All right, so we're gonna turn we're gonna cross back that way turn go Beautiful. Good job. That's okay. Two more adjustment steps. You've got it split step turn arms up arms up Excellent. Very very nice split step turn good Excellent great work finish your rotation with your hips right hips are what help you turn Amazing Noel, that's a phenomenal backhand right there. I absolutely love it. Good go turn Yes, good footwork. Excellent and split step. Great job turn Get those hips going. That's a girl Beautiful. Excellent. Give me four more like that split turn back arms up and out Excellent swing Noel you're doing phenomenal split turn go go go as a very tough one great footwork Excellent job split turn work the feet Amazing one more time ready split turn set it arms up. Yes Terrific so far so good Crushing it now. We're gonna do forward. Okay, so we've been practicing these So we're gonna just kind of refocus on this. All right, you're gonna split step You're gonna turn but you're gonna set your racket first. So you're not going to turn right away, right? You're gonna split set your racket right foot left foot Hit notice that the right foot comes around. Is that a nice straight line back to my circle? So what am I gonna do? crossover Shuffle get back to my circle. Okay, so I'm gonna run forward again right foot left foot turn swing Cross shuffle and split step again. All right handle that for me. All right, let's do it Here we go up Bring it around cross. So yep, so that's it. So we want to make those hips right split step up turn hit cross Shuffle beautiful amazing go up step finish cross Good job. No outstanding and again up good. We got to bring so right there Would be an example where I didn't quite use my hips. So my leg didn't quite come around So I got to make sure the hips big hips so that the leg comes around helps me rotate into the ball Okay, ready? Here we go up big hips, yes cross Amazing and again up big hips cross. Good job. Nice. No, well nice up big hip turn boom excellent Phenomenal running forward a little shorter No, we got to get that left foot in there, let's get that left foot in there split up Step twist through cross back to center. Good girl. That's a great work. I love it. I love it two more Good crossover Excellent. One more time up step Rotate cross back quick. That's it. Now. Can you show me what we're gonna do on the backhand side? All right, we're gonna go we're gonna butter. Yeah, we're gonna turn. That's it step turn Are we gonna wait which foot are we gonna cross over? So now so let's take notice here. So when I finish what foots gonna come around my left foot, right? So that's gonna put my hips this direction, correct? So which foot should cross over? Yes, I'm gonna turn come back with that foot Okay. All right, so I'm gonna make sure my body's facing the center of the court All right, so I bring the left foot around crossover shuffle back to center. Okay. All right, you got it. Here we go Let's fire it up girl Step cross shuffle. That's a girl beautiful and go bring it good Let's move that ball. No, I'll real quick in the center there. Let's get that out of the way beautiful Great feet way to hustle to it. Go step. Yes Unbelievable cross good balance great hip rotation there. No, well, very good. Very good. Oh, sorry Good beautiful cross. Love it. Love it and again Excellent crossover, I'm loving it three more Noelle fantastic Let's step in with that right foot. Okay, let's get that right foot stepping in amazing cross shuffle Beautiful two more up good. We're gonna have to hustle there. Good job. Nice work. No, I'll one more time We're gonna have to hustle Excellent cross back Amazing great job. Now. Do you think we can do all four together? Okay, I love it. So we're gonna go deep forehand short backhand back Deep backhand short forehand four balls. Are you ready? Bring the fire here girl. Are you ready? Here we go split Turn crossover right away up split step short backhand run Finish your swing back to center. Good job. Ready split step turn. I love the setup Noelle amazing split step short step Good job crossover Outstanding work great great job next time. Let's try to step with that left foot going in on that forehand But other than that loved it. Okay, let's do it again, but let's reverse Let's go backhand first short forehand deep forehand short backhand ready split Turn tough one tough one to start us off. Beautiful job split step up Step with the left bring the right foot around Split step turn and go back Love it. Noelle split step. Here we go. Let's finish it with a good backhand here step bring it around cross Amazing. That's so good. That's so good girl Let's do two more rounds one more round each way ready starting with the forehand split Set the racket in turn Excellent up split step around it good up Sometimes we got obstacles in the way cross over back to center split right there. Good job turn Loving it. Noelle. Great job. Keep those arms up and out split short bring the left foot the right foot around and cross Split step beautiful. Let's fix our dot for our last round here. Okay. All right ready Here we go starting with the backhand split turn Set rotate through excellent job split step. Oh Outstanding work cross you got it girl. That's it split turn Love the setup. Great job split up short backhand finish Bring it around Perfect score just like those figure skaters on the screen, right? Good job. Excellent. Now last thing we're going to do Okay, we're going to do some live ball here. Okay, so You're going to be going deep forehand short backhand Okay, so you're going to be working on going back and then for and up Okay, I'm going to be moving you so your backhand your short backhand is going to go What do we call that when you hit it straight ahead? Down the line your deep forehand is going to come back cross court Okay, usually keep your dot there because let's use it as a reference. Okay. All right, we want to keep it there Are you ready? Here we go. No, well, let's bring the fire. Let's go Good split step at the dot short backhand Beautiful deep forehand work those feet. That's why we practice it that way Excellent short backhand. Good try. That's it. Keep working deep forehand cross Amazing job. So when we start to move Okay, things move a little quicker We talk about this is when I'm moving the racket when I'm moving my racket needs to stay still or wobbly still like it's in the Like it's in the freezer. It's got to be still waiting for that ball. Okay. Are you ready? Here we go Deep cross. Oh, that's not that deep. Ah good short backhand hustle Beautiful. Let's keep the racket under control Nice job, Noelle short backhand. I'm loving it. Excellent job. Let's do one more on this side. You're doing great Really love it deep one. Good That's all right. We need to go higher lower with that ball Higher you got it. You know the answers. I love it. Ready split deep off. Oh It's okay. That was too big. Ah, let's go again split turn control Beautiful short backhand Work your recovery back deep. That's a girl excellent short backhand amazing recover deep forehand moving moving Excellent. So remember when the high balls I need a little bit more Space right? I need some more space between me and the ball All right. We got one more round. Let's do it. Let's finish strong Deep backhand short forehand. You've got this girl deep backhand Amazing. That's okay. Extend those arms out. Let's go again turn tough one Extend those arms out. Amazing short forehand Amazing deep backhand working the feet. That's outstanding Short forehand get up there. Yes split-step deep backhand You got it. Noelle last one match point. Oh So good though Great work. All right, Noelle quick sip of water and we continue on with our day, huh?