Drills

I've been practicing solo drills 3 nights this week and last week. I'm betting on the fact that playing better quality on my drives, cross, and kills will yield better match results. So in my solo drills, I do lots of repetitions targeting hitting the same spot over and over again. For drives, I want the ball to land 3 boards from the wall and just behind the service box. Height of the ball should be just below the service line. For cross, the ball should come off the front wall above the service line and hit the side wall just beyond the service box. For kills, I've been practicing figure 8's and now I've added straight volley kills on the back hand side. For this drill the angle is obviously different if I volley the ball when it's at the service line versus when it's behind the service line. So I've been practicing both. I keep practicing hitting the ball off the back wall too, now on backhand and forehand. In fact I start my drills with the back hand first since that's my weaker one right now. I was still standing too far back when I was hitting backhands. But at the end of the night tonight, I started to stay away from the back wall and started to hit facing the back corner and hitting the ball behind me. To drive the ball harder, I've been bending lower and leaning my shoulder down into the shot. It seems to be a good cue that I can remember when I'm warming up my techniques.