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Tip of the day
Most players treat a drop as a height problem: get it low, get it in the kitchen, done. Austin Hardy says three landing spots beat the rest, for your consistency and for your transition.
The first is the middle. A drop through the middle takes away your opponents' angles, so they mostly have to send it back up the middle or drop it themselves.
Drop out wide and you hand them an angle. His rule: your opponents get the angle you give them.
The second spot is your opponent's backhand, which is usually the weaker side. If they clearly hold up better on the backhand, flip it and go to the forehand.
The third, and his favorite, is the middle backhand. It combines both, since you're hitting the weaker side while still taking away the angles.
Keep going there and your walk forward gets easy, because the pressure builds until they pop one up.
To groove your drops, play 0 to 60 with a partner. You score a point for every drop you land, swap roles when you miss, keep your running total, and the first to 60 wins.
The tip is complete, but the short live point he plays on half the court shows how easy his walk to the kitchen gets once every drop finds that one spot.
Key points
Drop through the middle to take away your opponents' angles.
Your opponents get the angle you give them.
Aim at your opponent's backhand, which is usually the weaker side.
The middle backhand hits the weaker side while still taking away the angles.
Play 0 to 60, scoring a point for every drop you land, first to 60 wins.
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