300 Series: Skills & Drills Lab
Drive & Drop Shots
Takeaways & Training Tasks
Keep the momentum rolling with these quick steps:
- Refresh your memory with the 2 skills, 2 drills, and training video.
- Knock out the drills 2–3x before we meet again.
- Each time you play, pick one skill and make it your mission to use it often and on purpose.
3rd Shot Drive
- Grip: Eastern Forehand or Backhand
- Stance: Semi Open pushing through the shot
- Paddle Prep: 3/4 back swing with a low to high swing plane
- Contact Point: In front of the body and off to the side, transfer weight
forward through the shot - Follow Through: out in front to the opposite shoulder with non dominanthand acting as counter balance
3rd Shot Drive Partner Feed
- Set up ball tubes as targets at NVZ.
- Feeding Partner stands at NVZ in a spot that is not in the drive zone.
- Hitting partner stands at baseline.
- Feeder hits or tosses a ball that is shallow and high.
- Hitting partner moves forward and hits drives at target tubes.
- Make sure to space out feeds so hitter can move back to baseline.
Drop Shot
- Grip: Continental or Eastern Forehand/Backhand
- Stance: Open or Semi Open based on set up to the ballÂ
- Paddle Prep: 1/2 back swing with a low to high swing plane
- Contact Point: Out in front of body and off to the side with weight transferring forward through the shotÂ
- Follow Through: Out in front towards target with non dominant hand as counter balance
Drop/Drive - Depth
- Set up 1 Player at baseline and 1 Player at NVZ straight on
- Use court strips to create a target depth in transition zone for drives
- 1- Self feed 1 drop into the NVZ, 1 drive into transition zone target.
- 2- Partner feed 1 drop into the NVZ, 1 drive into transition zone target.
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