Bort Benjamin
New User
Hi all, I'm looking for suggestions on how to improve a specific area of my game. I'm a 32-year-old guy who's been playing recreationally for about three years (1-2x per week during the warm season in NYC with lessons a couple of times a month; just the lessons during winter). My instructor tells me that during lessons I'm 3.0, but doesn't recommend attempting league play yet because he assumes that my play outside the lesson court is less consistent.
He's quite correct in this assumption, and here's one reason: My unit turn goes out the window in competition. During lessons, my instructor stresses that I need to pivot to turn in one fluid motion quickly—"before the bounce" is his rule of thumb. I can do this with some consistency during a lesson (after some reminding). But during any kind of match, I often find myself swinging with my body too open, which leads, predictably, to errors that I'd really love to stop making. I'm aware of the issue in the moment and make an effort to self-correct, but I'm usually not so successful.
Can anyone suggest a solo drill for building this reflex? Ideally, it would be something I could do at the wall.
He's quite correct in this assumption, and here's one reason: My unit turn goes out the window in competition. During lessons, my instructor stresses that I need to pivot to turn in one fluid motion quickly—"before the bounce" is his rule of thumb. I can do this with some consistency during a lesson (after some reminding). But during any kind of match, I often find myself swinging with my body too open, which leads, predictably, to errors that I'd really love to stop making. I'm aware of the issue in the moment and make an effort to self-correct, but I'm usually not so successful.
Can anyone suggest a solo drill for building this reflex? Ideally, it would be something I could do at the wall.