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Why You Keep Popping Up Your Resets (Fix This)

If your resets keep sailing high and getting smashed back at you, the cause is almost always one of six mechanical mistakes. Coach Jordan Briones walks through each one and the fundamentals that fix them.

Mistake one is a narrow base or standing tall. Reset from a low, wide stance with both feet set on the ground, because a tall, narrow stance forces you to reach for balls at your feet.

Mistake two is setting your feet too late. Players who are still moving through the transition zone at contact pop the ball up, so split step and get balanced before your opponent hits.

Mistake three is punching forward like a counterattack. The reset is a lift from the shoulder with an open paddle face, which creates the arc that clears the net and drops the ball into the kitchen.

A punched ball carries past the kitchen instead. That hands the player at the net an easy attack.

Mistake four is swinging from the wrist or hinging at the elbow. The shoulder is the biggest muscle in the chain and the most consistent, so keep the wrist stable before, during, and after contact.

Mistake five is chopping or slicing down at the ball, a habit carried over from tennis and racquetball. Chops miss the sweet spot and send resets into the net or straight up, so hold your paddle angle constant through the entire strike zone.

Mistake six is swinging too fast or too hard. The ball arrives with plenty of pace already, so swing slow and smooth, and your follow through should never end above your head.

To build the shot, start inside the kitchen with slow feeds, practicing clean, still contact with an open face. Work back to the kitchen line and then midcourt, keeping grip pressure around four out of ten and lifting toward your target.

Then make it real. Hit a drop from the baseline, come in, split step, and reset the fast ball, or play Briones's survival drill where you stay in the transition zone and reset everything, staying low even on the high ones.

Key points

Reset from a low, wide, stable base and set your feet early; players still moving at contact pop the ball up.
Keep an open paddle face and lift from the shoulder rather than punching forward like a counter.
Lock your wrist and hold the paddle angle constant through the strike zone; chops and slices miss the sweet spot.
Swing slow and smooth using the ball's incoming pace, with a follow through that never ends above your head.
Progress from slow feeds inside the kitchen out to midcourt, then finish with drop, split step, and reset gameplay reps.

Watch the full tutorial here.