@Dasato123

7 months ago

1) As many others have already commented, only in the Bizarro world is that considered a drop shot. (It landed on the service line!) 2) As others have also said it was the wrong shot for that situation. But a old tennis adage could be applied here. It goes “It is better to hit the wrong shot well than the right shot poorly.” Even if your opponent was already moving forward if you had hit a good drop shot your opponent would have been hitting a knee high ball after having to run a greater distance and closer to the net with you a 6’4” giant looming over him. This puts pressure on him. Instead he got to hit a above the waist ball with you retreating. (I don’t disagree totally with the retreating, after you become a accomplished net player you may choose to stand your ground at the net. You are a Texan after all). 3) Another thing that made it a terrible drop shot is that it completely lacked any disguise. Your open racket face and no take back early preparation was basically yelling to your opponent “I’m gonna hit a drop shot, come and get it!). You know bad things happen in basketball against good players when you “Telegraph” your passes. Same thing in tennis. 4) The second you landed after hitting the overhead you were back peddling. WHY! There was no reason to retreat. Granted it wasn’t your best overhead but your opponent was close to the back fence and had to stretch upwards to return the ball. You still had the offensive advantage. You should have maintained your position or taken one step forwards just in front of the service line. Done a Split step and the instant you recognized that his return was slow and high closed the net and put away a high volley just a few feet from the net. 5) This is just outside your current ability but in the near future if you practice it you could “Telegraph” drop shot as you did and when your opponent starts running In early punch the ball deep to a corner. Wrong footing is not just a left and right baseline thing. Problem is both your forehand and backhand slice need a lot of work. 6) At the end you still had a good chance to win the point as your opponent hit a mediocre approach shot the landed on the service line. Future Trey with a better backhand will be watering at the mouth at that point.

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