400 Series: Skills & Drills Lab
NVZ Back Spin
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 2ā€“3x before we meet again.
- Each time you play, pick one skill and make it your mission to useĀ it often and on purpose.
Slice Dink
- Grip: Continental with V Wrist
- Stance: Semi Open pushing forward through the shot
- Paddle Prep: High to low swing plane in a straight line, avoid scooping up at the end.
- Contact Point: In front and to the side, transferring weight into the shot and keeping front shoulder low. Lead with bottom edge of the paddle
- Follow Through: Out in front and low towardsĀ the target with non dominant hand acting as counter balance
NVZ Target Ladder - with Slice
- Players set up at NVZ skinny cross court
- Use court strips to mark shallow and deep in NVZ
- 1- 1 Player dinking, 1 Player alternating shallow/deep
- 2- 1 Player dinking, 1 Player alternating shallow/deep/inside foot
- 3- Both players executing shallow/deep/inside foot
Volley Slice
- Grip: Continental with V Wrist
- Stance: Semi Open pushing forward through the shot
- Paddle Prep: High to low swing plane in a straight line, avoid scooping up at the end.
- Contact Point: In front and to the side, pushing through the ball and keeping front shoulder low. Lead with bottom edge of the paddle
- Follow Through: Out in front and low towards the target with non dominant hand acting as counter balance
- For Cut Drop: super soft hand with shallower push through the ball
Slice Volley: Push or Drop
- Players set up 1 player at the NVZ to hit
- Push or Drop, 1 Player at baseline to hit Drop or Drive.
- Set up a target line half way back the service box
- Part 1: Push it deep: Baseline player hits drives, NVZ Player pushes ball deep beyond the target line with slice volley.
- Part 2: Cut it Shallow: Baseline player hits drops, NVZ Player cuts ball shallow into the NVZ with slice volley.
- Extra Challenge: Can NVZ player hit deep or shallow off of both drop and drive feed!
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