Improves footwork for correct positioning, as well as racquet control and preparation.
Players line up across the court halfway between the service line and the net.
One player is in each service court, one is in each alley, and one is on either side outside of the doubles alleys. Players in service blocks are the hitters, players in the alleys shadow the hitters' motion, and players outside the alleys jog in place. Place targets deep in the corners of the coach's deuce and ad courts. Hitter backs up, hits an overhead out of the air to the deuce court target, then runs in toward the net. Hitters run behind the baseline, then rotate to opposite sides of the court to jog in place.