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Tip of the day
You cannot climb from intermediate to advanced without the reset volley. It is the shot that slows a fast ball down and drops it into the kitchen, whether you are at the line or stuck back in the transition zone.
Coach Jordan Briones builds it around one core principle: use the ball's pace, never add your own. Even a small forward push of six to eight inches sends the ball up and attackable.
So the motion is a block. Square your paddle to the ball, hold it still, and let the ball come off the face on its own.
Progression one starts in the middle of the kitchen, purely as an exercise. A partner feeds balls at your belly button, and your only job is to block with zero forward movement.
Done right, each ball drops into the kitchen only seven or eight feet from where you hit it. If it carries farther, you pushed.
Progression two is the two in one drill. Start just outside the kitchen line, hit two resets, take a step back, hit two more, and keep working deeper toward the baseline.
Two adjustments matter as you back up. The faster the incoming ball, the less you push, and the farther you are from the kitchen, the more you lift to cover the distance.
Progression three is the two and come in drill, which mimics real play. Your partner drives balls at your feet; you reset two, and if your reset is descending like a good drop, you gain ground and split step.
If your reset floats up instead, hold your position rather than rushing forward. Moving in behind a high ball just puts the next attack into your chest.
Key points
A reset borrows the incoming ball's pace, so block with a still, square paddle instead of swinging.
Even a six to eight inch forward push is enough to float a reset up and make it attackable.
Learn the feel inside the kitchen first: a proper block drops the ball just seven or eight feet away.
The faster the ball arrives the less you push, and the farther you are from the kitchen the more you lift.
Move forward only behind a reset that is descending like a good drop; if it floats, hold your ground.
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