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Okay, in my years of coaching, one of the things that I've discovered, most player's
biggest problem is their alignment to the ball and staying to the side of the ball.
So, one of the things we have to do is fool the mind. And this drill, what we're going
to do, Darren and I are going to keep it in play, just under spin backhands. Now you can
do top spin backhands, you can do anything here, but we're going to keep it at this extreme
angle, as you can see here. So, watch what we do and the goal is, if it's a cooperative
drill, so you and your practice partner, you and your coach or whoever you're going to
practice with, you want to just keep it going. It's not who wins the point. Now, you can
do that , but for now, we're going to keep it simple. So you can see, how this extreme
angle forces us to look at the ball a little differently than we would if we were just
hitting it straight to each other. Good shot, Darren. So, of course you can make a game
out of this, but you'd have to maybe use some tape or some chalk and draw some lines in.
But, it forces you to get to the side of the ball and to really focus on keeping it in
play. So, that's the drill, keep it in play, it's a very challenging drill but it will
really bear good fruit quickly.