The 6 fundamental speed ladder drills can be used by beginners to improve tennis-specific footwork, foot speed and agility.
Being able to move quickly on the court and change direction swiftly is essential on the tennis court. Therefore, it is important for tennis players to develop their coordination, footwork and foot speed early on so that they can progress into more advanced movement patterns and hence improve their overall level of play.
If you want to know how to develop tennis-specific footwork, foot speed and agility take a look at how to develop agility via speed ladder drills.
On the one hand you can do speed ladder drills and agility drills to specifically improve tennis-specific footwork, foot speed and agility.
On the other hand you want to become so proficient that you can progress and incorporate the speed ladder drills into your tennis training because the ultimate goal for all the speed and agility exercises is to make you better on the tennis court as you can see during the professional training session with Alexander Ritschard.
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In this section we provide you with some workouts you may be interested in to optimize your training: