Drop Shot Chase
PartnerNTRP 3.0–4.010 minforehandbackhandfootworkstrategy
Why this drill
Trains two rare skills in one game: disguising a drop shot, and sprinting one down without panicking. Club points increasingly end short — this is the practice for both ends of that point.
Setup
Both players at the baseline. Play starts with a cooperative feed and two neutral rally balls.
The drill
After the second neutral ball, either player may drop-shot. The other sprints in; the point plays out live from there — counter-drop, push deep, or lob all allowed. First to 11. A drop shot that bounces twice inside the service box scores double.
One thought to take on court
Sell the drive first — same backswing, then soften the grip to a two at the last instant.