Racquetball 2 Minute Video Tip - Kill Shot Practice

[helianimal]

Looks like a golf swing

[webracquetball]

If you look closely at some of these videos you will see a tennis like Ball Hopper full of balls.

The best practice is to grab 2 or three balls and drop and hit (fly, no bounce) a couple hundred times.

It only takes about 5 minutes to hit 100 balls this way, from the same court position, and 100 identical shots.

How long would it take to hit 100 balls by first hitting s set-up shot to the front wall? How many of these would be the same identical shot?

[Fernandez218]

That ball at 1:30 looked like it skipped but was called "good shot".

Thanks for all the good stuff!!

[webracquetball]

Practicing by dropping the ball, will always be better and more controlled than first hitting the ball to the front wall, then trying to hit a kill shot (a good practice, but just a different type of practice).

The time and effort to hit the exact same initial shot to the front wall, to set yourself up for the same Kill Shot position on the court is very difficult to do, and waste time even if it was done correctly.

[leestitzel]

Good point. Some times I miss easy kill shots because they bounce high and come down. I try hard to be patient but I never quite get the same swing on it. I do really well if it's flying at me and I don't have time to think but slow looping ones throw me off...any advice?

[leestitzel]

Why are you just dropping the ball and hitting it? When I practice I hit an easy shot and then shoot a kill shot. That way I get practice adjusting to the way the ball comes at me in a game.

[webracquetball]

Thus, when practicing more difficult Kill Shots, the less worrying you do, the more likely you won't consistently hit a Kill Shot too high (playable off the back wall for the opponent).

[webracquetball]

The idea of not worrying about the skip prevents practicing and hitting shots too high during the game. Whenever you aim for Kill Shots you always take a risk of skipping the ball,

Yes, easy set-ups are less risky (with practice) and do not have the same degree of worrying as less easier Kill Shot attempts. The idea of not worrying is not for the easy shots, it is for the more difficult Kill Shots that most players hit too high, for fear of skipping the ball.

[webracquetball]

Example:

Place a ball on the floor at the front wall. Aim for the ball. You may be off a bit, say 2-6 inches. That 2-6 inches may be over, under or at either side of your target. If you are going to start over if you hit a skip, wouldn't also start over whenever you missed the target (over or to either side)? Obviously that doesn't make sense to start the practice over, since the object of practicing is to fine tune your abilities!

[webracquetball]

To reccos3333 (and others)

I believe you missed the point of not worrying about skipping when you practice?

You said you start over (practice) if you skipped the ball? Do you start over if you hit 1-inch above, or to the left or right of your practice drill target?

[reccos3333]

worst advice ever, do not worry about hitting floor when practicing. I practiced just the opposite, so game time i barely skip. If i skipped id start my drill over.

[SkoolNurdz]

Recco

Theres no point in starting over for a skip. Everything else is much more important than where the ball goes. If your practicing a new stroke, you want to get a good feel and know your mechanics are right, without caring where the ball goes. As you work the stroke out, what the ball does and where it goes will work itself out. If your doing a footwork drill such as a pinch drill, you just want to be making sure your feet are doing what they are supposed to, along with all the other things.

[SkoolNurdz]

Anything you do in practice is about working on the elements of your game. If you practiced to have great footwork, great mechanics, great positioning and shot selection, your shots will improve. The nice thing about practice is skips dont affect you.

[CRB115]

muscle memory

[SkoolNurdz]

yea

[lonewolf1234512345]

deja vu

[lmonsad]

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