Improve Hand-Eye Coordination With These 4 Tennis Ball Drills

Athletic performance training has gone too far in the direction of strength and conditioning. Training for sports has to include play. You can practice playing by working on timing, rhythm, focus, touch - all of the qualities that impact your level of responsiveness.

If you pay enough attention, the best athletes are those who are immersed in play.

Enhance your hand-eye coordination with these four tennis ball drills. Whether you're an athlete or not, these drills will help improve your performance and make your movements seamless and fluid.

Try these four drills to train coordination, timing, balance, and rhythm while also maintaining a sense of lightness and playfulness.

Whether your an athlete or consider yourself a non-athlete, you can play these hand-eye games (drills) to improve your hand-eye coordination, which will:

• Improve your sense of timing, distance, and rhythm - all qualities that make you move better and pick things up more quickly

• Improve left/right brain functioning

• Keep yourself young

List Of Drills In The Video:

1. One ball: catch

2. Two balls: bouncing

3. Two balls: 1-hand bounce

4. Three balls: juggle and bounce

Tips

Make sure to watch the full video to see the different variations of each one, and how you can integrate the different drills into one sequence. When you start trying to incorporate a few types of drills together, aim to make the transition from one drill to the next as seamless and fluid as possible (improving quality over quantity!). 

How To Approach Learning & Training

1. Don’t just jump to the hardest variation off the bat. Start slow, and only increase complexity (speed/number of balls) once you get the hang of an easier progression. 

2. Make sure to integrate the upper and lower body together, no matter how slow or simple you’re taking it. 

3. If you’re working on power, you can emphasize how dynamically you punch through the ball, or toss it in the air. If you’re going for speed, keep it light. 

These kinds of drills will definitely help you improve performance in a sport or activity - but if nothing else, they are fun!

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