i'm going to start you off with a warm-up drill this is great because you're going to work
on your feel but in conjunction with running really fast that's a tricky thing when you
run really fast but also you have to have soft hands just imagine like you're at the baseline
you're running down a drop shot and then you do a little like counter drop shot like this you know
what i'm talking about right okay so we're going to practice this i'm going to give you a set of 12
and you get your ball as close to the net as possible all right ready here we go set of 12.
seven open the racket face a little bit eight that's nine good job emma come 10 here's 11.
and last one come on nice touch there good job okay now emma we're going to do a similar
drill but this time it's going to be a volley okay i'm also going to move your side to side
ball it's going to be super low and you do again a counter drop shot but you take the ball in the air
okay touch we're working on touch and we're also working on moving really fast okay here we go
one two try to get down as low as possible three four come on five
six good work emma come seven eight right nine good get come ten got a couple more
come hang in there eleven go good try one more go go come on one more get get all right good try
good try good try emma let's redo that one because you didn't get those last two okay
how many balls set of 12. okay i'm gonna keep track for you back up a little bit and let's
get really low and let's work on the feel as well here we go three come on four recover quick five
here we go six here we go seven good here we go eight come on here we go nine emma here we go ten
emma come on here's eleven you got it and here's the last one excellent work there nice job okay
emma now we're gonna do lateral volleys okay these are gonna be a little bit higher you're gonna put
them away and we're moving laterally we'll do it 12 times put these away down the line okay
you know take the ball as high as possible and close on it a little bit here we go three
good four it's okay to hit down on these type of balls just don't use your wrist
here we go seven good here we go eight come on nine put them away here's ten
come on eleven go and here's twelve much better good job okay ema forward backward movement at
the net is super important so what i'm going to do now is i'm going to give you a high ball
and you're going to back up hit an overhead but then also i'm going to bring you in on the
next shot i'm going to alternate a little bit do you know how to hit the backhand overheads
yes okay perfect because that's a tricky shot yeah i'm not very good at them i'm not good at
them either yeah but still you got to know how to do it right so one one deep hit an overhead
and then come in very aggressively close the volley and put it away okay okay please put
your overheads away from me and we do a set of we only do a set of eight real quick here we go
nice emma close in put it away come on backhand overhead okay that works too close in
no but it's okay it's actually okay for you to run around just keep doing what comes natural
if you have time to run around and hit a forehand overhead by all means do so okay
come on six more two come on three here we go get back there a little quicker close come on here we
go two more emma come last one all right that's perfect if you can avoid the backhand overhead
by all means continue doing so very do what good naturally of course of course if you have time
if i have time i'll do this that makes that makes a lot of sense ema a really good way
to warm up your ground strokes before you back up to the baseline is do some swing volleys
okay so just take rips at these put them in the corners away from me i'm going to mix it up give
you some forehands and backhands the timing is a lot easier on the swing volley and this
is a good way to get into a rhythm here we go nice good just back up a little bit back it up
good work nice ema now back up two steps two steps back
all right then let's do swing volleys from back there
good good emma beautiful job
fantastic
okay emma now we back up and do forehand backhand in the corners okay
okay now i'm gonna mix it up i'm gonna give you a high forehand and a low backhand okay
get up to the backhand good high
and low be aggressive on the high one be aggressive and low one good work
good a low one be a little more cautious high one and now reverse it high backhand low forehand
and low good top spin there high last one emma beautiful job okay emma now we're
gonna do all forehands okay no backhands allowed you put the balls in the corners
okay my now all backhands okay we're working on spacing right now we're working on getting out
of the way getting in proper position doing a lot of lateral footwork here we go come on again good
all right now forehand from the backhand side backhand from the forehand side
come on come on come on come on come on good you got three more come on keep going
here we go quick feet by the way couple more emma get out of the way come on
one more get out of the way quick go yes emma let's do now short ball and deep ball
when it comes to the short ball if you don't have time you can let it bounce but if you're
quick enough i'm going to kind of feed it high you can even take it in the air okay so you're
going to be working on moving up and back okay here we go let's start you out with a short one
and now deep
here we go short run be explosive good work
here we go emma come excellent job let's reverse it forehand and then a short high backhand
here we go
here we go ema come
here we go ema come good forehand get in there quick you got two more it's okay
and backhand position yourself much better the one that you missed the wind blew it
into you that's why you missed it emma now lateral movement okay i want you to be super
explosive when you're moving laterally and then when you come back i want you to tap
this center hash mark with your racket make sure you tap it here that kind of mimics
staying low and kind of mimics moving towards the other side and we do sets of six very short
sets but super high intensity super explosive okay start you off with a forehand come on here we go
come on explosive tap the middle line two come on emma tap three
here we go tap four come on tap that middle line five last one emma come on rip this one
okay do one more you missed that one give me another one come on
one more time come on emma it's all right you know what i see with this racquet back when you
play with the old one i felt like the racket was accelerating through the air faster i feel like
with this one it feels like you're having a hard time bringing the racquet over yeah it just i feel
like the racket the racket kind of stays around the ball longer yes you don't bring it around like
you used to so you're kind of like steering the ball just a little bit that's why you're missing
more but it's because the racket the other one the other one you were like this you were so quick in
here and you weren't missing anything come on here we go one good back to the middle tap two
come on all the way to the middle three good emma come on come on come on four
it's okay don't worry about that a little more spin five match point be aggressive
come on
when you start moving like this it's hard right it's a lot different isn't it it's
different from running too like when you even the marathon stuff it doesn't prepare you for this
it's like the short burst of energy for like 10 seconds 15 seconds using everything you know
what it you know also like when you're running i feel like the body is not going to the max
i feel like when you're playing tennis like the high level high intensity your body goes
to the max right to the max effort possible in order to play well
and by this short short amount of time and then you take a little break and you do it again that's
why it's so different when you play because the intensity is at a hundred percent where anything
else that you do you're not gonna quite put your body to the 100 level you know what i'm saying
all right ema six backhands go anywhere you want but recover quick come on
two very good three come on recover quick four recover quick five
recover quick six come on very good emma all right emma let's do live ball now okay i'm gonna
mix it up i'm gonna bring you in occasionally you go back to me from the baseline if i drop
some short you put it away on the other side okay here we go
come on here we go
get in there come come very nice emma if i put the ball on the ground before like
off to my volley i put it in the ground it creates a weird spin effect to the ball so
the ball is very lively when it's on your end so it's a good way to practice so don't
get like freaked out i'm going to sometimes hit the ball into the ground but you play it
either take it as a swing volley or let it bounce good good good emma come on good
get up there get up there and i'll recover come
excellent put away good work all right emma last round here we go good good good
get up get up there come on
a little more height on that forehand come on good and now put it away go go
fantastic job nice see there you drop the ball drop below the level of the net
and you recognized that then just roll it over very gently very good shot selection there awesome job
emma all right emma come back to me on this side short balls you go the other way come on come on
come on get in there go go go i like that counter drop shot very good feel
come on good on the run emma come back to me good good
good get in there and i'll back it up a little bit back it up
i felt that maybe you took that a little too high don't you think and you also could have gotten out
of the way a couple more steps yes so you like taking those balls when they're rising correct
you don't like to take them when they fall below the apex right so in that sense you waited too
long you should have taken it just a tad earlier yeah all right here we go one round one more round
get down down hit a forehand there no slice
giving you a little more pace now come on hang in there i'm giving you more pace
come on emma go it's the last round hang in there come on
hang in there emma good come on ten more one two three four five six seven eight nine get get ten
come on
put away come on get in there
nice work
attack
excellent shot nice
come come come very smart choice there good job so when that ball drops below the level
of the net that's actually a very smart shot nice job of course even better is
if you can get there a little faster and take it higher you can put it away easier
excellent job nice one more round
good work emma nice am i here's what i would like you to do now i'm gonna hit the ball
super hard i'm gonna rip it deep and hard and you do one of those deflective shots
you know what i'm talking about where you kind of bend down low and just use my pace
here we go let's do a set of like 10 to 20 of these
do it like the other emma emma raducanu she likes to play these shots
you saw she stands she stands so close to the baseline
here we go come on emma come on emma get down there get low get lower come on lower
lower emma come low use my pace deflect come on two more one last one
good nice job emma very good this is a good baseline training how do you feel you feel tired
i feel exhausted yeah we do it for an hour and a half of drills that's a long time but you're
doing well very consistent but since you you don't train anymore it's more the intensity that's kind
of missing a little bit you know because you're not used to it so it's about getting the stamina
back getting a little better shape yeah kind of specific shape you can't really recreate this
you know i know you like to run you like to work out you do yoga you do everything but this type
of thing where you're giving it a 100 effort in a short time span you only can you only
do this on a tennis court because you go to the max with your body you're not necessarily going
to the max when you're doing these other things so that's why you're getting so exhausted when you do
these drills so it's just a matter of doing it more like you used to yeah all right good work
emma here give me a racket tap this way which way this way i'll do this way okay nice work good job