Wow! thanks for posting this video as watchin it made me realize I need to practice on my 3rd shot drops more then anything else right now as I start my pickleball journey.
I agree with you! Not just third shot drops, but just drops in general. Your goal when approaching the NVZ line is to keep control of the point and not allow your opponents any attackable balls. Hitting soft, low drop shots allows you both time to move up and takes away your opponents' offensive capability. Good luck out there and let me know if you have any questions!!
Lobbing from the baseline not a smart shot. Most of the time it falls short and there no element of surprise. Best shot would still be a drop and slowly work your way up. At lower levels that might work but as you move up in skill better players are to quick and to skill for lobs at the baseline.
@@daminh26I would say a lob at the baseline is an appropriate option if you are defending against kitchen line aggression from your opponent and you need time to reset and try to regain control of the point.
@@pickleballinwithdave I got lobbed on about 20 times today from the baseline. It worked once. The majority of them turned into easy (and fun) overhead smashes. I ran a couple of them down for forehand drive returns. And the rest went long. Lobbing from the baseline simply gives your opponent too much time to react. But if my opponents are willing to hit lobs from the baseline, and experience a 5% success rate, then good on 'em. I'll take those odds. As for NVL aggression: "Drops" that can be aggressively returned are not drops...they're mistakes. If a player's drops are allowing "NVL aggression" then it's a sure sign that he needs to do some drilling. Either you're not dropping well or you're not getting forward to close off angles of counterattack from aggressive cross-court dinks returns. If a player doesn't have a drop shot in his arsenal, substituting a lob for a drop (in a drop situation) is merely demonstrating poor shot selection in place of demonstrating lack of dropping ability. Just about anybody can develop a reasonably good drop shot if he's willing to shift some of his on-court time from playing games to drilling. And if the problem is that you're not moving forward to close off angles of counterattack, drill on footwork. Drill, baby. Drill.
Wow! thanks for posting this video as watchin it made me realize I need to practice on my 3rd shot drops more then anything else right now as I start my pickleball journey.
I agree with you! Not just third shot drops, but just drops in general. Your goal when approaching the NVZ line is to keep control of the point and not allow your opponents any attackable balls. Hitting soft, low drop shots allows you both time to move up and takes away your opponents' offensive capability. Good luck out there and let me know if you have any questions!!
Great video
@@matts_1 thank you :)
The last one, when Im that far back I lob. It sends them back a we go to the net
@@francesmarino7593 thanks for sharing!
Lobbing from the baseline not a smart shot. Most of the time it falls short and there no element of surprise. Best shot would still be a drop and slowly work your way up. At lower levels that might work but as you move up in skill better players are to quick and to skill for lobs at the baseline.
@@daminh26I would say a lob at the baseline is an appropriate option if you are defending against kitchen line aggression from your opponent and you need time to reset and try to regain control of the point.
@@pickleballinwithdave I got lobbed on about 20 times today from the baseline. It worked once. The majority of them turned into easy (and fun) overhead smashes. I ran a couple of them down for forehand drive returns. And the rest went long.
Lobbing from the baseline simply gives your opponent too much time to react. But if my opponents are willing to hit lobs from the baseline, and experience a 5% success rate, then good on 'em. I'll take those odds.
As for NVL aggression: "Drops" that can be aggressively returned are not drops...they're mistakes. If a player's drops are allowing "NVL aggression" then it's a sure sign that he needs to do some drilling. Either you're not dropping well or you're not getting forward to close off angles of counterattack from aggressive cross-court dinks returns.
If a player doesn't have a drop shot in his arsenal, substituting a lob for a drop (in a drop situation) is merely demonstrating poor shot selection in place of demonstrating lack of dropping ability.
Just about anybody can develop a reasonably good drop shot if he's willing to shift some of his on-court time from playing games to drilling.
And if the problem is that you're not moving forward to close off angles of counterattack, drill on footwork.
Drill, baby. Drill.
Too much cutting of the video
Thank you for the feedback. Much appreciated! :)