These drills are specific for singles games:
- One Ball Live
A minimum of 8 players is needed for this game. Two sets of players rally with one another in a “split-court” set up, in which the court is halved vertically. Two balls are put in play with a drop-hit, for two simultaneous rallies. Once an error is made, the person making the error calls out “one ball live!” and the remaining ball is played out among the four players. The winning team scores a point and stays to play against two new players. Play until one team reaches 10 points and is declared the winner.
- Tag Team Singles
A minimum of 4 players is needed for this game. Players are split into two groups and each forms a line behind the middle of each baseline. One player is “up” on each side (A1 and B1). A1 drop hits the ball and runs to the back of her line. Then B1 hits the ball and runs to back of his line. After each player hits the ball once, each runs to the back of their line, keeping the point going until one side misses. Each line can keep track of how many points they win. The first team to 10 points is declared the winner.
- Champs and Chumps
A minimum of 6 players is needed for this game. Three or four players line up behind the baseline on each side of the court. One side of the court is designated as the Champions’ side while the other side is called the Chumps’ side. The first player from each side plays out a point, using the singles court boundaries. The player that wins the point goes to the end of the Champions’ line while the loser goes to the end of the Chumps’ line. The other players rotate through their line in order. Players can start the point with a drop-hit from the baseline or a serve.
- Champion of the Court
A designated champion competes against a line of at least 3 challengers. The champion (A1) assumes a baseline position on one side of the court. Other players (i.e., the challengers, diagrammed as B1-B4) wait at the back of the opposite side of the court. The first challenger, B1, assumes opposite base line position. B1 drop-hits or serves the ball to A1, and a point is played using the singles court boundaries. If B1 wins, he is the new champion and runs to the other side of the court (the Champion’s side). If A1 wins, she stays and plays a point against B2.
Variations: The Challengers have to win three points before becoming the Champion
