ARVIND · ROAD TO 40
🎾 Green Dot Ball · Summer 2026

Sheela & Sonia Tennis

Pick today's type, then follow the steps top to bottom. The girls already know the warm-up.

1 · Warm-Up — every day, no matter what

  1. Two lapsaround the court. They know this — just say "laps!"
  2. Girls stand halfway between the service line and the baseline.
  3. Feed balls that land around the service line. One basket: 4 forehands across each, take turns.
  4. Second basket: 4 backhands across each.

"Across" = hit crosscourt, over the low part of the net. Easy feeds — this is about grooving the swing, not challenging them yet.

2 · Drill: Wide–Wide–Short → Net

Both girls at once — one starts on the forehand side, one on the backhand side. Feed down each side if you can; otherwise one girl at a time while the other picks up balls.

Forehand run
  1. Forehand wide → back to center
  2. Forehand wide → back to center
  3. Short ball forehand → hit & come in
  4. 2 volleys — punch, don't swing
  5. Small overhead — bang!
Backhand run
  1. Backhand wide → back to center
  2. Backhand wide → back to center
  3. Short ball backhand → hit & come in
  4. 2 volleys — punch, don't swing
  5. Small overhead — bang!

Targets: the wide balls go crosscourt · the short ball goes down the line. Then they switch sides and go again.

3 · Drill: Four-Ball Challenge

  1. Give each girl 4 balls in a row — each one a little harder than the last.
  2. All balls should be makeable — challenging, not impossible.
  3. Make all 4 = she wins. Miss one? New try after her sister goes.

4 · Drill: Serve to the Corner

  1. Build the target: 4 balls stacked as a pyramid (3 in a triangle + 1 on top).
  2. Put a pyramid in each corner shown below — the T corner on the deuce side, the wide corner on the ad side.
  3. One basket of serves each. Knock the pyramid = a point! Tap the counter below.
NETDEUCEADAim: down the T ➘Aim: wide corner ➘

What you're watching for

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Racket drops
before the swing starts
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Finish over the shoulder
full follow-through
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Topspin
swing low → high, see the ball roll forward
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Feet moving
before AND after every shot

Coach one cue at a time — say the shortest version ("low to high!") and move on.

Bonus games (any day)

👑 King / Queen of the Court
  1. One player is the King/Queen on one side. Everyone else lines up on the other.
  2. Win 2 points in a row to knock the King/Queen out and take the throne.
  3. Play with serves or with feeds — either works.
👾 Space Invaders
  1. Level 1: Coach defends the front half of the court only.
  2. Feed 4 balls — the 4th ball is her chance to beat you: get it past you and it counts.
  3. Get 10 balls past the coach → Level 2: coach defends the back half.
  4. Beat the coach 2 in a row on the 4th ball to clear a level.

🏟️ Girls vs Coaches — the Big Board

Every game the girls win against a coach (Dad, Grandpa, Uncle Arvind…) goes on the board. First to 6 games banks a set — and every set won means a prize.

👧👧 Girls
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🧢 Coaches
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0 sets won
Games to 6 · board saves automatically

🎁 Prize ideas — win a set, claim a prize

  • Free massage for a coach — proposed by Arvind
  • Ice cream trip — girls pick the place — proposed by Arvind