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Are you seeing the drop shot lob combinations Roger Federer is using against Robin Soderling? Roger is serving for the match right this moment, but in the third set roger hit a drop shot and then a backhand slice lob into the wind and had Soderling running around like a puppet. It’s triple match point and just ended with an Ace.
Yipee.

Get out there and practice those kill patterns!

The video below is exactly the kind of stuff taught on my DVD set. At the end of this video I want you to watch the face of David Nalbandian after Fabrice Santoro dangles him around the court like a puppet. Nalbandian looks like he’s just been run over by a train.

If a top ten professional athlete (that’s what Nalbandian was when this happened) can almost have a heart attack from drop/shot lob combinations, just think about what will happen to the people you play.

Pick up a copy of my comprehensive DVD and you’ll learn these techniques and a lot more.

One great way to keep your opponent from dropshotting you to death is to hit deep with heavy topspin. If you can force your opponent behind the baseline to hit a high bouncing ball while you hug the baseline or stay inside it, it will be tough to drop shot you.

Another thing you can do is to hit to the person’s forehand because most players are better hitting dropshots and slice with their backhands.

Most tennis instruction tells you when you hit a drop shot to make the ball just barely clear the net. Although that’s a devastating shot when it works, it is a very low percentage shot. Also, when you use this against a fat and slow person the person will not even try to get to the ball. This will defeat our purpose of making them run.

So, I see nothing good about trying to thread the needle by hitting the ball too short and too close to the net.

What I suggest is that you hit the drop shot much deeper into the court. Hit it at least 3/4 of the way into the service box. This overcomes the two drawbacks mentioned above. The shot now is a high percentage shot and even better, it makes your fat opponent make them think they can actually get to the shot, so they start running. BINGO! That’s what we want to happen. At every opportunity we want to make the other person run.

LET ME REPEAT THAT –  AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE WANT TO MAKE THE OTHER PERSON RUN!

So, when playing fat and slow opponents, hit your drop shots deeper into the court.

Another great “super” kill pattern not only incorporates front to back movement, but side to side.

Start out hitting a deep, penetrating shot to the opposite side of the court from your opponent. You move forward expecting a  weak return. When you get the weak return hit a short ball to the opposite side of the court which makes your opponent run like crazy to get to it. Again you will expect a weak return. Then lob to the opposite side of the court and watch your opponent suck air as she tries to run down the lob.

Do this a few times and you better call 911 because your opponent may not recover.

Some of the most devasting shot making patterns combine drop shots and lobs to run your opponent all over the court. Your basic Kill Pattern is to purposely hit a ball short and follow it in to the net expecting a weak return. When you get the weak return from your opponent who has sprinted toward the net to get to your short ball, you lob it over his head to force him to sprint back to get it.

If your opponent does get to the lob, then he will probably give you another weak return that you can either put away or repeat the pattern until he drops from exhaustion.