Next Level 300 Series
Thank you for attending Lesson 3 of our 12 week Training Series! Please note that lessons do not have to be taken in numerical order. You are welcome to start anytime during the 3 month rotation.
Here are your notes and homework from class. Keep practicing to solidify all you learned.
Looking forward to seeing you next week!
Notes & Homework
Skill: Serve
- Contact Point: Too in front = high shallow ball, contact just in front of front leg.
- Weight Transfer: Load and rotate transferring forward into your shot.
- Hands: Soft loose continental grip.
- Swing: Low to high swing plane extending forward through the ball. Follow through at target.
- Contact Point: Too in front = high shallow ball, contact just in front of front leg. Weight Transfer: Load and rotate transferring forward into your shot.
- Hands: Soft loose continental grip.
- Swing: Low to high swing plane extending forward through the ball.
- Depth: contact closer to the body and extend forward to create depth
Drill: Partner to Partner Serves
- Place a line of cones 3 feet inside the baseline to create a depth target.
- Players set up crosscourt from each other at the baseline.
- Players take turns serving to their partner who catches ball and then serves it back.
- Focus is on consistency, form and hitting the service box.
- Use depth targets as you get more proficient.
Skill: Lob Serve Strategy
- Lob Serves slow down the bangers.
- Throws off their rhythm and doesn't give them any power to work with.
- Must get them deep!
Drill: Lob Serve, Lob Return
- Place a line of cones 3 feet inside the baseline to create a depth target.
- Players set up crosscourt from each other at the baseline.
- Players take turns serving lob serves to their partner who catches ball and then serves it back.
- Add in lob returns after a round of just lob serves.
- Improves lob serve consistency and depth.
- Improves ability to diffuse hard hitters with deep lob serves and returns.
