Notes & Homework

Drill: Cross Court Dink Target Zones- Depth

• Set up Cross Court from each other and divide the NVZ so that there are cones leaving 1 foot of court between cones and the NVL- depth target
• Players work on dinking beyond the cone line and moving their dink around
• Accuracy Challenge - Coach or players call out targets:  Backhands only,  Forehands only, Inside to Outside, Alternating Forehand and Backhand
• This adds a thinking while dinking component that is needed to dink offensively

Offensive Dinking:

•  Objective is to create Open Court, Off Balance Opponents and Opportunity balls.
• Hit well placed push dinks to move your opponents around.
• 2 Options to create offensive opportunities:
  • Chip away at one opponent Mix it up between the 2 opponents.

Drill: Skinny Singles Dinking

• Focus on offensive dinks and moving them around
• Make them uncomfortable and they cannot beat you up
• Do this cross court both ways and straight on - games to 11 win by 2 possession scoring

Game Play Focus for the Week - Offensive Mindset

• The next point and the next ball are your focus
• Forget mistakes
• Forget the score
• Think positive
• Remember and channel your best play
• Are you taking in the info that you need to make adjustments?
• Study your opponents - weaknesses and strengths
• Get good at rewinding and diagnosing
• Make adjustments
• Sometimes it is just switching it up - stack to give you and them something different to look at
• Try changing the pace - soft isn’t working?  Throw in some power! Or vice versa