Table 1.

Descriptions of tennis training drills performed.

Drill Category	Description	Example
“Suicide”	Movement along the baseline (i.e., maximal efforts and jogging) combined with forehand and backhand strokes	Figure 3.1
“Big X”	Diagonal movements inside/outside the court (i.e., maximal efforts and jogging) combined with forehand and backhand strokes	Figure 3.2
Recovery/Defensive	Two players must both hit cross-court strokes, recover past centre mark after each stroke, then hit down the line strokes.	Figure 3.3
Open Pattern	One player remains in a corner, hits alternating (e.g., free) cross-court strokes, then down the line. Other player must return ball to same corner.	Figure 3.4