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In Part 3 of our Practice Like a Pro series, Susannah Barr and Nick Wade run “The Survival Game” — a pro drilling session that forces one player to defend from the baseline against heavy feeds, scramble back to neutral, and then flip the point into offense. This is how pros sharpen not just their skills, but their mindset under pressure.
What you’ll learn in this video:
✅ How to survive on defense without panicking
✅ Resetting to neutral and working back into the point
✅ Why patience + mindset are key in scramble situations
✅ How pros train cardio + mental toughness in drilling
🎥 Watch the whole series:
Part 1 → https://youtu.be/laT5A1J4sbA&list=PL7aPrF3CyOzpQKOo3N2sehVWzuzoFnVoD
Part 2 → https://youtu.be/napjMy8Ehhw&list=PL7aPrF3CyOzpQKOo3N2sehVWzuzoFnVoD
⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 Quick Tips from a Pro Drilling Session
0:21 Why drilling is mindset practice too
0:37 Welcome to Part 3 — The Survival Game
1:02 Nick explains how to play Survival
1:19 Nick explains attacking vs scrambling roles
1:31 First Point of the Survival Game Drill
3:38 Keep the feed hard!
3:45 Crazy point with Susannah’s lob!
4:13 Susannah recognizing patterns
5:21 Nick throws up the lob!
5:46 Susannah counters
5:58 Long rally — how cardio builds into the drill
6:40 What pros learn from Survival Game pressure
7:05 Switching roles: Susannah in survival mode
7:17 Susannah lefty overhead!
7:28 Discussing the strategy of survival
8:23 Susannah from defense to offensive attack
11:51 Picking the right target for speed ups
12:28 Nick learning the lob from Susannah
13:00 Susannah’s strategy adjustments
13:45 Susannah on the challenge of playing against men
14:34 Susannah’s mindset tip: staying positive during grind drills
14:58 Nick on “scramble mode”
15:01 Nick explains the 3 gears: defense, neutral, attack
15:36 Outro + more ways to train with TFPA
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