Return Deep

2 playersTested on court

A serves, and B returns 10 balls deep behind the mark, with the paddle back before the bounce.

How to play

Mark the back third at A's end: a shoe or bottle on each sideline, about 1.5 m in front of A's baseline. A return past the baseline is out.
A serves from the right side. B returns from just behind the far baseline, in the half diagonally across.
B aims all 10 returns deep, behind the mark. A calls each return "deep", "short" or "out" and counts.
Beat the bounce: take your paddle back early, so you are set before the ball bounces.
After 10 returns, swap roles.

Too easy? Too hard?

Too easy: 8 of 10 land deep: aim deep and to the middle, and A mixes the depth and pace of the serves.

Too hard: A serves easy balls, nobody counts, and after each return you just say where it landed.

Good looks like: Returns land deep, and the returner is set before the bounce instead of falling backward.

Good reps.Swap roles and go again.

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