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This week's focus

Popping Up Dinks

Quiet the paddle and the wrist. Drill cross-court dinks aiming to keep every ball below net-cord height, then add a target zone at the opponent’s feet.

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Priority Drills

Net-Skimmer Dink Gate Drill

Keep dinks low and unattackable by controlling paddle-face angle

1
  1. 1.Stand at the kitchen line with a partner across the net
  2. 2.Set a string or eye-line target ~6 inches above the net tape
  3. 3.Cross-court dink, trying to send every ball just over your target line
  4. 4.Keep the paddle face slightly open and stable — lift with the legs, not the wrist
5 minutes cross-court, then 5 minutes straight-aheadFeel: Soft hands, quiet wrist — push the ball over the net with your legs, not a swing. Watch examples

Low-Ladder Dink Progression

Groove a downward paddle path so dinks stay under net height instead of floating up

2
  1. 1.Set two cones or paddle covers on the net tape as a visual "ceiling" line
  2. 2.Start solo, dropping and dinking the ball to yourself against a wall or fence
  3. 3.Add a partner once solo reps are clean; dink straight-ahead only, no cross-court yet
  4. 4.On any dink that clears the ceiling line, reset the rep count to zero
Build to 15 consecutive under-height dinks, 3 total setsFeel: Feel the paddle finish pointing down and out, not up — the ball should die low, never balloon. Watch examples

Reaction-Ball Random-Bounce Dink Drill

Groove a flat, controlled paddle face that stays low regardless of an unpredictable incoming bounce

3
  1. 1.Partner drops a six-sided reaction ball from waist height a few feet in front of you
  2. 2.Track the erratic bounce and dink it back low over the net with a flat, stable face
  3. 3.Resist the urge to scoop or lift — let the legs and a quiet paddle do the work even on a bad bounce
  4. 4.Rotate: 10 reaction-ball reps, then 10 reps with a normal ball to compare feel
4 sets of 10 reaction-ball dinks alternated with normal-ball dinksFeel: The bounce is a surprise, but the face stays flat and quiet no matter what the ball does. Watch examples

Your 7-Day Plan

Day 1Understand the fix — slow reps grooving the feel of correcting "popping up dinks".
Day 2Net-Skimmer Dink Gate Drill — block practice, quality over quantity.
Day 3Net-Skimmer Dink Gate Drill at full speed, then add Low-Ladder Dink Progression.
Day 4Low-Ladder Dink Progression — build it into a repeatable pattern.
Day 5Reaction-Ball Random-Bounce Dink Drill — integrate the new feel into normal swings.
Day 6Pressure practice — random reps and a small game/scoring challenge.
Day 7Re-film and retest. Compare against today to confirm the change is sticking.

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