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JIShow me how you run down your lobs and I’ll tell you your exact DUPR! How to: “Scoop Lob Retrieval”:
Step 1: Drink @reignstorm before you play—this drill was only made possible by my morning 100mg of clean Reign Storm energy (I drink half a can before I step on the court)!
Step 2: Remember that you have more time than you think! 99.9% of people panic and hit the lob run-down too soon. But you want to make contact almost as the ball is double-bouncing.
Step 3: As you make contact, (and here’s where it gets confusing) you’ll want to feel opposing forces: your back to the net at contact but your weight moving forward (to the net).
Why should you do this drill (other than the massive workout/leg burn)? To learn hold. Wait. Lag. Dwell. Lots of words to say the same thing: You have more time in pickleball than you think.
When you learn to wait all of a sudden you can hit ATPs. You can run down lobs. You have options open to you that weren’t there before. When people ask me to describe pickleball there are 2 definitions I use:
“It’s a game where you try and hit your opponent while they’re moving”
&/OR
“It’s a game where you wait as long as you can to hit the ball”
When you unlock those two concepts you unlock the whole game.
@rianna_valdes with the perfect lobs. 👌
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