Next Level 350 Series
Thank you for attending Lesson 9 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.
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Here are your notes and homework from class. Keep practicing to solidify all you learned.
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Looking forward to seeing you next week!
Notes & Homework
Skill: Push Dink
- An offensive dink. Use it to push opponents around to create open court, imbalance and pop ups to attack.
- Contact Point: Out in front. Push forward through ball.
- Weight Transfer: Flow into your shot like a speed skater.
- Body Positioning: Square up to the ball
- Swing: Smooth, no backswing behind body. Push through all 3 balls.
Drill: Â Middle Dink Drill
- Set up target rings next to the inside foot of each player.
- Part #1: Players set up at NVZ cross court from each other. Engage in cooperative dink rally 3 dinks then players must hit the middle target.
- Part #2: Same as Part #1 but players may attack balls that are too high in the middle.
Drill:Â Cone Heads Cross Court
- Put cones 1 ft inside the NVZ and about 1 ft on either side of players stance on a diagonal in cross court version
- Place a ball on top of each cone as a target.
- Players stand cross court at NVZ.
- Players dink cross court on trying to knock the ball off opponents cones while protecting their own by taking dinks out of the air.
