In the fourth stage game base learning process, we described at the beginning of this tape. Step number three is to create realistic game based drills to practice the parts of the game that were just isolated. These focus issues could be as simple as integrating topspin forehands or backhands into groundstroke volleys or concentrating on tenacity or something similar.
In this section, we will quickly share a number of drills and simply point out the focus point of each exercise. The first key is in on play in the mid-court area.
Let's hit try volley. The game is the ball can land shot once but if it bounces twice, you'll lose the point. And we are playing out the point the singles court. Ready? Remember, you can't move, backward or forward to those lines. Well, nothing for me. My ball is going out; you can let it go out. So we have volley practice, you got volley practice. It's up, one all. I always remember what Billie Jean King said, it's a great one, I have heard it in a conference, she said, as I get older my half volley gets better and better. Right? Because she is not able to get in that far. So for us and our recreational players, don't force them to necessarily get in, work on them playing from this area. Couple of more points. Now 2:1 for you. One more point, winner take off. Alright, but fine and you are working on, you can do that cross court only, you can move it in, you can move it back. You can do that for beginners. So move it in, soften it up, change the ball.
The second creative drill gets players to recognize how important it is to hit the ball over the net and not into it. Now, whether you use heavy material like we did in the footage, you are about to see or just tape up brown wrapping paper, that's up to you, either way it creates an exciting learning opportunity and our study show that when you cover the net, free of any verbal instructions about it, players automatically reduce the number of balls hit into the net by more than 35% and that is huge. Now, even in this demonstration, I had trouble hitting into the net, just because it was covered. It's really a powerful deterrent. Take a look.
Years ago, when I was teaching we cover the net with rolls, you know that brown paper, and we use masking tape. Now, by the end of an hour or two because they hit the net so much it torn and broke into little pieces, but it made such a loud popping noise. So we made a similar thing, that likewise, makes a loud noise. If you were to hit it. So it's a big deterrence if I hit it, it's a big deterrent and this is material that's used in the trucking industry. So it's not going to tear or break or whatever, you couldn't torn it with your hands if you wanted to. On the last note whatever you decide to use, this presents a different perspective.
The third creative drill for this section has the net covered once again. This time we take this visual aid to the next level. In this exercise, you'll see me key in; I am keeping the ball low against my opponent at the net, to force him into a neutral or defensive volley position.
Shoot, when he get his racquet, it disappeared, see we got his racquet to disappear, now we didn't and he was more oppressive. When you get a high one, step in and hit an angle, win it. When you get a low one, see that's what I want to do. I want to get into volley up. Then let's do a point where I got the points start, then I get your racquet below the net and then we play it out. Racquet below the net, and --
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