Santoro ROS challenge: drop shot
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S&V-not_dead_yet
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I've never been able to do it with the RoS. I have done it a few times with a lunge volley [always on the BH side, for some reason] but it was unintentional.
FuzzyYellowBalls
Legend
Not off a normal serve, no way, I've done it in drills and farting around for sure. I can though, if someone in doubles is serving to me in the deuce court AND they decide they like to stand near the middle stripe, do a slice backhand dropshot that will touch or be very close to the outside doubles boundry, only teenagers seem to be able to get to that shot. Only off second serves.
Shroud
G.O.A.T.
dropper returns yep I do several times a match and often approach on that, but where it bounces and comes back over the net, nope never even thought to do that.
Bender
G.O.A.T.
I've accomplished the bounce-back dropper twice now, and had two maybe three occasions where the ball couldn't bounce back over because it hit the net after the bounce (but would've bounced back if I had hit the dropper with even an inch or so more depth).
All of them were drop volleys though. I've hit drop shot returns a few times but haven't gotten close to having them bounce back over the net.
All of them were drop volleys though. I've hit drop shot returns a few times but haven't gotten close to having them bounce back over the net.
onehandbh
G.O.A.T.
In doubles I occasionally use a dropshot return of serve in the following situation:
- I am playing ad court
- server does not serve and volley
- server usually hits a kick serve to my backhand on 2nd serves
In the above situation I sometimes move on and hit cross court slice backhand dropshot return. I like to hit it about should high and I brush a bit of the outside of the ball to make it curve more crosscourt.
- I am playing ad court
- server does not serve and volley
- server usually hits a kick serve to my backhand on 2nd serves
In the above situation I sometimes move on and hit cross court slice backhand dropshot return. I like to hit it about should high and I brush a bit of the outside of the ball to make it curve more crosscourt.
Steady Eddy
Legend
Amazing!
And the guy with him was able to do it too!
And the guy with him was able to do it too!
ChaelAZ
G.O.A.T.
Decided to try this in a match Friday. First popped up too much, but second attempt was good. Not the awesome backspin, but pretty tough return to handle.
Okay, here ya go. Still processing, but you get the idea. First I tried the backspin and it was close. Second I just dropped it short.
Okay, here ya go. Still processing, but you get the idea. First I tried the backspin and it was close. Second I just dropped it short.
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ballmachineguy
Hall of Fame
Murray drop shot Basilashvili on a second serve today. Don’t think I have ever seen off of a first serve in high level tennis. Low % shot.
