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The Secret New 3rd Shot Top Pros Are Using | Step-By-Step Guide

There is a third shot sitting between the drop and the drive, and pros are calling it the drip. It is an aggressive topspin drop hit with drive-like pace, built by mashing the two swings together.

The difference between your drive and your drop starts in the backswing. A drive takes the paddle well behind your body, while a drop brings it straight down and stops it short beside you.

The drip uses the drop backswing and drives off it. Pretend you are hitting a drop right up until the last moment, then accelerate through the ball.

The paddle tip is what makes the topspin possible. As you take your outside foot back, drop the paddle tip down instead of setting the paddle side on, so you can roll across the ball on the way up.

A drive is hit fairly flat with a side-on paddle because you want depth. The drip wants the ball short with pace on it, so the dropped paddle face is what buys you the extra spin to bring it down.

Swing up around the ball and finish up toward your shoulder. Give the ball some loft rather than hunting for power, because the goal of this shot is the angle and not the pace.

Open your body up as you take that foot back to widen the angle further. Aim for the pocket in the outside corner rather than through the middle.

Use the drip when your opponent is running up off their return, since catching them on the move forces them to bend down and pop the ball up. It also works against an aggressive net player who hogs the middle looking for forehands, because the angle pulls them out of position.

Key points

Take a drop backswing, then accelerate through the ball at the last moment.
A drive takes the paddle well behind your body, while a drop stops it short beside you.
Drop the paddle tip down as your outside foot goes back so you can roll across the ball.
Aim for the pocket in the outside corner rather than through the middle.
Catching an opponent running up off their return forces them to bend down and pop the ball up.

Watch the full tutorial here.