The half court volley is fairly difficult as you have to hit the ball before it touches the ground with enough power and a good angle as well. I noticed that I need to a lot of improvement in this shot (as do I need for the Volley shot as well). For the return lob shot, all you have to do is run right to the back of the court and return the ball which is travelling at a very high angle and as long as you are able to run fast enough, this shot is quite easy to play. Also, Most of us were already familiar with this shot so we were able master this drill in a very short time. The cross court shot is similar to the lob shot, except during this drill, we must run from one side of the court to the other to hit the ball. This shot would be more effective if we are able to slide and play the shot, so this is something I should try to improve upon. However, by the end of the new drills, I would say I did develop new skills since I am now able to play three new shots/techniques that I had not been able to do before.
After the drills as per usual, we paired up and played doubles matches. We switched around partners to see who would be the best pairs. The scores for the matches I played were 2-2, 2-2, 3-1, 3-1.
What I learnt:
- There is still space for improvement, half the matches I played were ties so I'm going to want to try and get a 3-1 score for every match next. This is important for me because I'm going to be playing in a proper tournament later this year and increasing my winning average will definitely help me to do well in the tournament.
