So you’re working on your tight drives playing a drill that allows only length. You play a tight ball and the return shot pops out into the middle of the court. You grab the ball and get read to serve the next point. Common enough occurance, correct?
It is also a really stupid thing to do.
In a real match this is exactly the situation you want to be in, a loose ball earned by good length. So practice taking advantage of it.
Next time you are in this situation, make sure to treat it like a real rally and play the next shot. At lower levels it is probably just a quick short ball. At higher levels you should take all the different shot options, practice running it in tight or holding or even playing the nick.
Doing this will keep you focused and will practice taking advantage of strong positions, something that overly drilled players stuggle with.
One final thing to note is that in a drill like this with set shots, the temptation is to drift in to the back corner. If you try to play all the loose balls then you will quickly realise when this happens and can compensate for it.
So next training session earn those loose balls and play that last shot.
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