by
Jason Jamison
Team
Doubles (6-8 per court)
One side
is the serving side and one side is the returning side. After
a point is played out, players take turns rotating one spot
through the doubles positions. Games can be played to 7 or 11
with teams switching sides of the court after each game. This
serving and returning rotation can be played from deuce court
to deuce court or from ad court to ad court.
Variations
- If
a player makes an error, they immediately rotate out to the
end of the line.
- The
coach can require players and/or award extra points for serving
and volleying, poaching, lobbing the return, etc., depending
on the skill being emphasized.
- Simultaneous
singles matches: Players keep the same opponent and play two
points at a time before alternating out with the other singles
players.
- The coach can play on one of the teams or play
in a fixed position that the players rotate around.
Champ
of the Court Doubles - Rotating Approach (6-8 per court)
The
champions start off at the baseline on the same side as the Coach.
The challengers play three points against the champions. On the
first point, the coach feeds a short ball to the approaching player
on the challengers’ side. The coach feeds the second point
as a volley or half-volley. The third and final point is fed as
an overhead. If the challengers win 2 out of 3, they take the
place of the champions. The coach counts down, “3-2-1”
and feeds the next team while the new champions hustle over and
play out the point.
Note:
The coach can vary the success experienced by each player by adjusting
the difficulty of the feed.
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