Improve EVERY shot in your game 🎯
Summary
Jilly B’s short on the ‘modern kitchen’ position. If your bounce speed-up is weak, it’s probably because you’re glued to the kitchen line: with no space, your weight has nowhere to go. Starting a little off the line lets your weight move forward into the ball, and from that same spot you can either dink or speed up. Most of her students prioritize letting dinks bounce, and doing that while standing right on the line leaves them falling backwards as they hit. Her rule: never be moving backwards while you hit, and don’t be scared to ‘cheat’ by starting a little back so your weight goes forward, which she says improves every shot. The description points to her full video on the modern kitchen style.
Key takeaways
- Glued to the line = no weight transfer on a bounce speed-up
- A little space off the line lets your weight go forward
- From the modern kitchen spot you can dink or speed up
- Never be moving backwards while you hit
Action items
- Start a small step off the kitchen line and let dinks bounce; check that you finish forward
- Hit 10 bounce speed-ups glued to the line, then 10 from a step back, and compare
- Cue: ‘forward, not backward’
- Film: are you falling back as you hit bounced dinks?