In this video, I'm gonna show you how to optimize your wall practice.
I'm going to show you some great drills where you can improve your accuracy on the wall
and all you need is tape. In this case I prefer using blue tape because regular
tape kind of blends in with the wall and the first target I'm gonna make is a big
rectangle.
The next target is an upside-down triangle and the purpose of this drill
is to work on net clearance. Basically you want to aim for the top part of the
triangle and it's going to give you a nice height over the net.
Here we have a regular triangle. This is great for low trajectory shots such as
the backhand slice and basically you're gonna aim for the bottom piece of the
triangle.
Here we have two rectangles and the purpose of having two is that now we can
alternate between forehands and backhands and we can also get a little bit on
the run. Make sure not to put the rectangles too far apart from each other
or it's going to be impossible to chase down the balls. Having them this close is
already going to be hard enough.
And here we have a small rectangle
that's very close to the net and this is perfect for practicing serves. You can set
this up anywhere along the wall but I prefer to work on wide serves. So now
what's going to happen if I hit a serve into the rectangle the ball is gonna
ricochet off the wall and it's gonna go right to me and I don't have to pick it up.
You want to make sure that the rectangle is as small as possible it
could be even smaller than this, because if we make it too high and we're hitting
the top part of the rectangle it's a good chance that serve is going out so
as small as possible and very close to the net.
What I recommend at the very end of your target practice is to actually remove
all the targets and just hit against the wall and check how your consistency and
accuracy is. There's a good chance it's going to be a lot better.