Serve Deep

2 playersTested on court

A serves 10 balls deep, and B calls each one in front of or behind the mark and counts the deep ones.

How to play

Mark the back third: put a shoe or bottle on each sideline, about 1.5 m in front of the far baseline.
A serves 10 balls cross-court, as in a game. No hurry: take your time between serves.
B stands outside the far sideline next to the mark, calls each serve "in front", "behind" or "out", and counts the deep ones out loud.
Behind the mark counts as deep. A serve past the baseline is out.
B collects the balls and rolls them back to A. After 10 serves, swap roles.

Too easy? Too hard?

Too easy: 9 of 10 land deep: keep the depth and change the spin, flat first, then topspin, then slice.

Too hard: Serves keep landing short: hit the first few on purpose past the baseline, then pull back until they land just inside.

Good looks like: Most serves bounce behind the mark, and nobody is afraid of serving too long.

Good reps.Swap roles and go again.

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