Forehand Drop Shot in Tennis

Hello, I’m dr Byron, bucky Phillips your tennis pro. The topic for today’s video on popular demand
is the drop shot now a couple of decades ago, the drop shot almost disappeared except for slow European clay
in the southern United States, clay only hit by pushers. That’s not the case anymore. If you’re watching the
top W. T. A. And 80 P players, you see drop shots as often as once per
point The fact that players don’t volley as well as they used to make it even more incumbent upon you to
learn how to hit a drop shot. Now the drop shot is hit with a continental grip because one wants
to open the face slightly with the loose grip. Let your hand recoil with the racket. If you’re deep
in the court as I am now, the drop shot should go crosscourt then I usually won’t have time
to get to the net from here, I’ll come over and cover the line many times. We’ll show the
line that will cover it. If you’re closer to the net as our friend, Bob Kaufman would
say we go down the line, not when you’re this close, go down the line, take a step
in split step and read what he’s doing. If you see here she is struggling, you’ll then close and
take the ball out of the air. So remember whether it’s a forehand dropper or a backhand dropper. Continental
grip try to disguise it short. Follow through with the strings facing the sky or roof. If you’re deep
in the court, get it cross court and stay back. If you’re shorter in the court down the line
, read the effect it has on him or her clothes and intercept that shot. Call me so that you
can schedule less than a clinic and we can work on the drop shot so you can drop your opponent in
his or her tracks. Yeah