Tennis Footwork Drills- Movement and Agility

Good footwork and movement is the foundation of every great tennis player's game. Look at Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray? They're no slouches when it comes to moving around the court and nor should you be! Watch our guide to footwork and movement and get in the best position to play the shot....

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[Mreggznbaconz]

My coach says that i move with 1 big step instead of tons of little step does any1 have asny ideas for a drill to help me with this or turn the split step into a reflex?

[intosport]

@Mreggznbaconz The tennis school on the intosport website has lots of free drills for footwork - go to the tennis school homepage, then physical conditioning, then scroll down beneath the video player and click on the 'footwork & agility' tab... enjoy!

[millionairejh]

man i love the people chosen to do these vids. they all have good technique. and u even balanced the girl to boy ratio, and one hand to two handed backhands, and even have a lefty.

[intosport]

@millionairejh - Thanks :o) - very glad you like it!

[55hikky]

@Mreggznbaconz1. what is being compromised for your long strides? 2. With respect of making split step into a reflex, spend a day, a week, or a month, or as long as it take to consciously always do a split step every time your opponent hits. After a while, it will be a reflex. No SPECIAL exercise will explicitly help; making anything into a "reflex" is not a matter of the right drill, but to do it a lot and make it muscle memory.

[BikerVic1]

@55hikky Agreed. Some say 10,000 reps will commit anything to where it can become a reflex. Daniel Coyle in his book 'Talent Code' has a good analysis. I found teaching the split step to be quite hard for kids and some adults and thus began to investigate the issues. You might be interested in a white paper called 'The Fundamental Sequence in Movement' found at the website sports-split-step under Documents. The split step movement is great for most all sports.

[cavaleer]

@Mreggznbaconz Jump rope. Do as many different footwork motions with the rope because the rope forces you to do everything quickly with small, coordinated steps.

[watsnot2adore21]

god i wish i played liek a guy!!

[cro91Maderfaker]

0:27 ROFL.nice

[bigfefu]

absolutely useful! thank you so much!!!

[quellicheiltennis]

why don't u put subtitle on your video? it could be help no english people to understand!

great video anyway

[Mreggznbaconz]

Thanks helped Aton :)