Youth Tennis - Ages 7 & 8: Dynamic Warm Up

Celebrate Tennis Month in May with the USTA by getting your children involved with the lifetime sport.
The following activities are a perfect way to warm up and also give players an opportunity to toss, catch and learn about the flight of the ball. Use some or all of these with the coach leading the activities.
1. Jog in place while juggling ball from right hand to left hand and back
2. Slow jog and fast juggle
3. Fast feet and slow juggle
4. Regular jog and regular juggle
5. Skip and regular juggle
6. High knees and regular juggle
7. Heel kicks and regular juggle
8. Pass ball under left leg three times
9. Pass ball under right ball three times
10. Pass ball around waist three times, reverse direction
11. Pass ball around knees three times, reverse direction
12. Pass ball around neck three times, reverse direction
13. Toss ball straight into air with a leap and catch
14. Dribble ball from right to left hand
15. Dribble ball through the group
16. Change partners (toe to toe)
17. Toss one ball with a partner while shuffling through the group
18. Bounce pass one ball with partner while shuffling through group
19. Change partners (tot to toe), continue with partner ball tossing and catching
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