Engaging drills for junior intermediate level?

[crwtennis]

I'm looking for some fun drills to do with my 12-year-old son (intermediate level). We play a game called "murder" where one person is "king," and you play a groundstroke rally (and if the opponent wins), a volley rally, then overheads, and if he wins them all, he becomes king. But I was looking for other drills/games to make things more interesting. We usually just baseline rally, and rally only in the service court, but that gets stale after awhile, so need some fresh ideas. Thanks.

[Wondertoy]

You need to get the book, "Pressure Tennis" which structures drills around the Wardlaw Drectionals, the strategy bible on baseline play.

[crwtennis]

Thanks. I'll check it out. Have seen the Kriese videos about directionals, but hadn't read Wardlaw's book.

[TennisCoachFLA]

Careful with directionals. They can be brutal for some kids, they simply don't benefit. Kids are either very creative and imaginative or very structured thinkers.

If your boy tends toward the artistic/creative bent, don't get heavy into directionals.