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Keeper Tennis

Games, Handling, Distribution. About 8 minutes.

Keepers tonight
KKeeper working SServer or team-mate AAttacker KWaiting
The overarm throw
  1. Side on. Front arm points at your target.
  2. Long arm, ball comes over the top.
  3. Release, follow through, finish facing them.
How it is set up

Setup. A court about 12 metres by 8, with a line of cones or a low rope across the middle as the net. One or two keepers on each side.

How it runs. Serve with an underarm throw. The ball must be caught before it bounces twice and thrown back from where it was caught, within three seconds. You score when it bounces twice on the other side or is dropped. Throws must go up before they come down: no smashing it at someone's feet. First to seven, then winners stay on.

Coaching points

  1. Feet first, then hands. Get under the ball early so you are catching it still, in a W or a cup.
  2. Look for the space on the other side before you catch it.
  3. Vary the throw: high to the back, short just over the net.
  4. Call for it in doubles. "Mine!" stops two keepers leaving it to each other.

Make it harder. Volleys are allowed: catch, drop and volley it back. Then feet only, with two touches each.

With 4 keepers. Doubles.