Ok Karla I'm gonna teach you how to do the legger but first I want to show you. So can you feed
me a couple balls?
So the key on the legger is you number one have to be really close to the ball so
if the lob is really good you have to sprint fast to stay close to it and on
the other hand if it's a bad lob you have to kind of slow down hit the brakes
and the key is leaving the ball very close to you and then once you're once
you ready to strike you actually have to let the ball drop below your knee level
and then you're gonna do a shot we go basically high to low like this.
Okay so first what I want you to do is face the back fence like this all right
and now I want you to basically go like this with your racket go behind the back
like that I'm going to drop the ball you're gonna get used to swinging high
to low and you can actually start a little bit higher and your're gonna
hit it down here and just gonna continue like this and you can actually
use your wrist a little bit as you finish like this you can bend the
wrist forward a little bit okay. Take your racket up and hit behind the back.
There you go. Another one. Good. Okay now you have to do this on the run so I'm
gonna feed the ball backwards you're gonna stay close to it and then do one
of those behind the back shots. Okay here we go
okay wait longer. You're taking it too high. Remember you have to let that ball
drop all the way down to the ground. All right here we go come on wait for it
wait for it wait longer you. Much longer. You have to let that ball look
you have to let the ball drop all the way to the ground before you hit it okay
this is the key to being able to learn the legger. You have to wait to hit the
ball. Good try. Try again, wait longer you're taking it too high like
exaggerate make the ball almost drop to the ground before you hit it yes that's
it getting a little better Come come come you're
rushing you're rushing let it come down all the way don't rush here watch me
you're gonna wait for it to come all the way down because the motion is high to
low but you're actually hitting the ball up you're hitting it up you're going
from a low position to a high position so you have to let it drop all the way
down. Wait longer yes alright there it is. Okay now the legger is the same swing
path as the behind the back you're gonna go high to low but you're gonna hit it
between the legs. Obviously you want to give yourself a lot of room
and then go the same type of way between your legs but you have to do the same
timing you have to let the ball drop almost all the way down to the ground
ready come on good try come again good try okay you have just run really close
to the ball okay you have to run really close to the ball and then kind of let
it get right underneath you like this so ready close to the ball and let it get
underneath you because you want to be making contact exactly here see this
right here this so you stay close to it and as you're about to hit it you get a
little bit ahead of it okay come on that would have been good see a lot of times
you see the pros that do like they're almost like squeaking their shoes
they're doing adjustment steps so obviously the closer you get to the ball
the smaller the steps have to become and you almost have to hit the brakes okay
so you go really fast and then you kind of see that you have to adjust because
it's very very precise and from where you're gonna be making contact okay it's
crucial that you stay close to the ball and you have to make footwork
adjustments okay come on good try okay not bad do it again I like the footwear
I like those small steps you keep doing that okay come on
almost got it there do it again that was the best one so far you almost got it
you have to remember that the racket has to go up so when the if this the contact
the strings have to face the sky on the finish this is the movement look
this is what's gonna get that ball to go up you have to remember to do this at
the end and it might be a little bit of a wrist movement involved. So look I'll
do a legger I'm gonna let it drop and I'm doing this little it's almost like a
flick here do a couple of those on the side remember it's a like a little wrist
flick look look here let's do it together you have to go from here look
you have to go from here and then flick up like that see that let the ball drop
and then flick it up like that if you do that on your legger you gonna start
getting the ball over the net easily okay this one you're gonna get yeah
almost that was the best one so far you very close you're starting to get a feel
for it okay right here come on you got this
see that's a beautiful it's a beautiful swing but it's two bounces okay you're so
close keep going almost it's so close I'm telling you yes
but unfortunately again I'm sorry to tell you but it's two bounces
so close again it's nice but it's two bounces let's get it off of one bounce
yes yes you got it. Okay Karla now the next progression is I'm gonna feed
you an actual lob. I'm gonna start off a very shallow lobs and remember to stay
close to the ball you're gonna go high to low. At contact
you're gonna flick the racket upwards like this by using your wrist so go
ahead and tap the net and now run back come on