Next Level 300 Series

Thank you for attending Lesson 7 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 2 month rotation.

 

Here are your notes and homework from class. Keep practicing to solidify all you learned.

 

Looking forward to seeing you next week!

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Dink Mechanic

• Soft hand, Soft stable wrist, Soft body

• Contact point out in front- about 12″ in front of your toes

• Laid back wrist

• Don’t take paddle back past your body

• Slow smooth swing tempo consistent speed all the way through the shot

• Guide the ball don’t strike the ball

 

Broken Up Bowtie Drill

• Players stand straight on. 

• Place 1 cone in the middle of the NVZ to split their half of the court into 2 halves. 

• Players will hit 10 shots to each of these directions and then move to the next.

  1. Players dink straight on- forehand to backhand 

  2. Players dink across – backhand to backhand

  3. Players dink straight on – backhand to forehand on the opposite side from round 1

  4. Players dink across – forehand to forehand

4 Player Bowtie Drill

• Player 1 dinks down the line to the player straight on to them

• Player 2 dinks cross court

• Player 3 dinks down the line to the player straight on to them

• Player 4 dinks cross court

• Reverse direction in 1-2 min rounds

• Focus is on changing direction of the ball and squaring up to the ball