Improve your tennis using the tennis wall: 10+ drills for forehand, backhand, volley and overhead

In this video, I'm showing you my favorite drills for the tennis wall. Hitting against the wall is a great way to practice your forehands, backhands, volleys and overheads when you have nobody to hit with.

1:13 Warm-up
1:48 50 Forehands and 50 Backhands
2:40 Alternate FHs and BHs
3:18 Variation of Alternate FHs and BHs
3:57 FHs cross-court and inside-out FHs
5:02 Backhand variations Alternate Drive and Slice
Slice only
2 plus 1
6:17 50 Volleys warm-up
7:02 50 FH Volleys and 50 BH Volleys
7:32 In and out volleys
9:26 Half-volleys
10:38 Alternate half-volleys and volleys
11:04 Overheads

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[MeikeBabelTennis]

The wall is a great way to practice. Be creative in finding a little bit of wall space if your courts doesn't have one. Behind a school, strip mall etc.

[八極麻花捲]

It’s wonderful to watch shbh and its so hard to find people still play that way age 50 and below.

[robertyacoub]

Omg I could watch her all day. So athletic and smooth. A really good person to model.

[davebeery_youtube]

I was just hitting against a wall today and trying to think of things to do. These exercise ideas are great! I’m super impressed with your wall skill. It’s not easy. I have a tendency to hit too hard. I think you suggested hitting softer and going for accuracy. 👍 You really provide great content. Thank you for your time!

[jameswatson]

I went to find a wall in my area yesterday, your video popped up this morning.great timing.

[karenhitchens]

Excellent wall drill! I love overhead at the wall. Thank you for sharing your tips!❤

[dmech]

I live at the wall! Purposeful use of the wall has done wonders for my game.

[MPTennis]

The wall is so great for control and spacing footwork. Thanks for sharing and you still got it. 👍

[glenberberet]

One of the greatest women players of all-time Monica seles it was a wall on a consistent basis and it seemed to work pretty good for her. Thank you for the drills

[chrisd]

Thanks so much for this video. I practiced a couple of times this week with an older ball. I was wondering if there is any ball that bounces higher - as I found that compared to a real rally on a tennis court, the balls I hit on the wall bounce lower.
If there was a way of practicing high bounces on a wall I think that would help me alot.

[thetfactor]

Great stuff, Meike B! Now I just need to find a proper wall. They are a dying breed out here in Cali!

[Airoffed]

Absolutely loving this channel! Thank you Meike!

[sunnymalex]

Thank you Meike.. Awesome training tips and drills..

[sergiosimbula]

I believe the tenniswall is for young tennis players what those sandy crappy Brazilian soccer fields are for soccer players. That's were you develop great technique! I just to train on the wall day in day out. At home too. I even trained my feel on my volleys by hitting the balls with very much precision on the roof (that was like with descending roof tiles) so that it would not go over to the other side, and it couldn't bounce so it would have to have to glide back from the top between the roof tiles and than I would hit another volley without the ball dropping to the ground. That was so much fun and definitely among the reason why I develop great volley and dropvolley skills.

[Zenon-fgdw]

I
I feel pooped just watching your work out. Great ideas about how to get the most out of hitting against the wall. Makes it more purposeful. Thank you for the tips.

[rds]

wow, what a workout. I'm going to go in w/ the goal of 20 shots! What percentage power are your fh/bh compared to your normal friendly rally ball?

[Mickey_McD]

Thanks for these wall drills! When hitting the half volley, do you use a continental grip?

[gabriellima]

Meike, what is your opinion about practicing these drills using 2 ball kicks (mandatory, not occasional) instead of 1? The theory behind it is to get a more realistic court situation and giving you more time preparation and focus on executing a good technique? ty! :)

[FrancescoValente-zr]

Bravissima avete ottime strutture per allenamento tennis qui da noi siamo al tempo del medio evo le strutture sono per pochi ciao sei brava con il tennis mi piacerebbe fare una partita con te ciao😊👌

[ale]

Hi, at 6:10 just wondering did you change your grip at all or just kept it at continental no.2 ? As for topspin 1 hander supposedly we use no.1 grip. I'll try these drills thanks a lot !!