• Put on the breaks and breathe! EXHALE
• Slow swing-  like REALLY slow!
• Smart placement
  • If the ball gets behind you – down the line but not too close bc of Erne
  • Look for ATP if pulled out super wide

• As long as it is above the ½ way point down the net
• Soft hand, soft body, laid back wrist
• A to B swing with focus on forward and low

Off the Bounce

• Make room!  You may have to move more than you think- move at a diagonal
• Try to avoid the short hop
• If ball gets behind you – go down the line or middle not extreme CC again
• If you have bought yourself some time- USE IT!  Be observant and make good choices

• 1 player at the NVZ and 1 at transition
• NVZ player tosses a short ball
• Transition Zone player must scramble forward and then softly dink ball in front of partners feet
• Alternate each time who is tossing and who is scrambling

Part #2

• Players are Crosscourt from each other at the NVZ
• Players start closer to the T in middle to provide more room to scramble
• 1 player tosses a sharp cross court dink and other player scrambles and has to softly dink ball in a safe place
  • Players may ATP if it is an option

• One player feeds balls to be taken out of the air to partner who is grooving that soft out of the air shot

Part #2: 

• Feeding Partner is focusing on deep, diving dinks
• Receiving Partner is focusing on Out of the Air vs Off the Bounce
• 2 min round then switch roles

• Imbalance in your opponents
• Open Court – could be in between, behind or in front of them
• Opportunities – speed the ball up, offensive lob, attacks

Be aware of the angles you are hitting and what you may get back

• drop pins and stretch strings out mentally to get a visual of what you might get back
• Zone 1 and 3 create angles and open court
• Zone 2 takes away angles and makes them fight over who gets the ball