Slow-Mo Point: Stack Unwind, Reset Ladder, Shoulder Flick

Summary

EdJu’s Slowmo’s with Ed breaks down a full point: a deep serve pushes him off court and makes unwinding the stack hard; the opponents punish with a deep cross-court drop to the backhand so both partners are stuck in no-man’s-land.

The job becomes reset-first: get the ball soft into the kitchen. When he sees his partner’s ball go high, he scoots back to defend; when the next reset is low, he prowls forward again. Once they earn a dink at the opponent’s feet, he takes a FH flick at the paddle shoulder — and later finishes with a BH flick angle when a roll sits a touch high. Coaching thread: neutralize first, then punish the sitter.

Key takeaways

• Deep serve + stack unwind leaves you late — prioritize resets over heroes
• Partner pops → scoot back; partner resets low → prowl forward
• Feet dinks set FH flicks to the paddle shoulder
• A roll that sits high is a BH flick angle, not another soft ball

Action items

• Watch one of your own points and mark every “should have reset” vs “had a flick window”
• Drill: partner intentionally pops; you only practice the scoot-back defend → next-ball decision