The 60% Drive

2 players

B hits a compact drive at 60% power to the cones at A's feet, then runs in. A says how it arrived.

How to play

Put two cones (or bottles) about 1.2–1.5 m behind the kitchen line on A's side. A stands there, like an opponent who has not reached the net yet.
From the baseline, B plays a hybrid drive: a compact swing at about 60% power, aimed at the cones, so it arrives at A's ankles.
A tries to block it back and tells B: good ankle height, too high or too fast.
B runs in to the net right behind the hybrid drive.
A stands still for now.
Swap roles after 8 balls.

Too easy? Too hard?

Too easy: A moves sideways while B hits. B has to place the hybrid drive where A is moving to, or behind A.

Too hard: B stays at the baseline and works only on the 60% swing and the ankle height, without running in.

Good looks like: Every ball arrives low at A's ankles, not at the body, and B is already moving in as it lands.

Good reps.Swap roles and go again.

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