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Fifteen Soft Drops
2 players
B plays balls like a return, and A answers each one from the baseline with a soft drop into the kitchen. 15 balls, then swap.
How to play
- A stands behind the baseline. B stands at the kitchen line on the other side and starts every ball: a flat, medium-deep ball, like a return.
- B mixes where the balls go: to A's forehand, backhand and middle, in a set order (for example forehand, backhand, forehand).
- A moves the feet to the ball and lets it rise and fall: hit it on the way down, after its highest point.
- A plays a drop (a soft ball that lands in the kitchen), cross-court or to the middle: about 45 cm over the net, landing in the kitchen close to B's feet.
- After each ball, A notes silently: good, too high, or into the net. B says nothing.
- 15 balls, then swap roles.
Too easy? Too hard?
Too easy: B plays at real return pace and adds topspin to some balls, which are harder to read. A counts good drops in a row: 5, then 10, then 15.
Too hard: B plays slow, medium balls, always to the same spot.
Good looks like: About 12 of 15 drops are good: low over the net and landing in the kitchen.
Good reps.Swap roles and go again.
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