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In today's video we're going to show you a great drill that works on the control and consistency of your dinks called Figure 8 Dinks.
Jordan and Caden are demonstrating this drill in it's most challenging and advanced version.
You can control the drill difficulty and adjust as desired by narrowing the range at which you and your partner are hitting.
You can start by rallying in a more narrow range so that you are hitting it right into your partners sweet spot and they are doing the same for you. Neither partner should have to move too far to get the ball. You should hit it practically right to them and only slightly to one side or the other. This low intensity version still requires a great amount of touch, control and consistency. Your movement will mostly be a simple pivot towards the ball and require no more than a half step or a small step to get to the ball. You may be surprised by how hard it can be to hit perfectly controlled dinks right into your partners sweet spot over and over again.
Once you've mastered this version, you can then progress to a more challenging version that requires you to take one or two steps to one side, recover with one or two steps and then move one or two steps to the opposing side and your partner will do the same. This starts to add the element of being able to control your dinks while on the move. You must be quick but don't rush. Slow down as you approach the ball, hit it calmly and controlled and then take off to the other side. This version starts to add a conditioning element to it. You will find that your fitness improves along with your ability to rally longer and longer.
Once you can do long rallies in the more challenging version, you'll then move on to the most challenging version that requires that you hustle practically from sideline to sideline as you maintain control of your dink while also hitting it to the furthest corners of the kitchen. This drill is very challenging from both a skill and fitness perspective. As you saw, even Jordan who is very fast and pretty fit was breathing heavy as the rally lengthened.
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