4-Player Tennis Drill: Dingles
This fun hybrid game starts as two simultaneous half-court singles rallies, then switches to full-court doubles the moment one rally ends.
How It Works
Setup
This game is a mix of singles and doubles play.
Two teams (A-B vs. C-D) are on the baseline, on opposite sides.
Drill
The game begins as a singles rally between the players facing each other (A against C, B against D), on half the court (alley included).
As soon as one of the half-court rallies is over (the ball is hit out or into the net), they call out “Dingles,” and all players continue the point as doubles teams using the whole court and playing the remaining ball.
For a win in the singles rally, the respective team gets 1 point; for a win in the doubles rally, the winning team receives 2 points.
Play until one of the teams accumulates 11 points, and then have everybody rotate one spot clockwise.
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