3 Scenarios on HOWTO Use 4th Shot Drop in Pickleball
Learn how to use 4th shot drop (one of the most underestimated pickleball shots) effectively with coach Joe Gmuer. Watch today pickleball TIP in our Instructional series. Stay tuned for more pickleball lessons!
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This is gonna change your life for the better! It's the fourth shot drop shot. Why is it so effective? Why is it so underutilized? Why do we need it? There're three scenarios after you hit it. I will break it down for you right now! Before I get to the scenarios of what happens after you hit a fourth shot drop. This is why you should hit a fourth shot drop. When should you hit it? On a drop that's sinking very quickly. Mark tried to hit a backhand roll here and he got off balance. He should have hit that fourth shot drop. Here's another example Ben Johns hits a medium paced drive drop, whatever you want to call it. Tried to be too cute and hit an angle when he should have just hit a nice drop shot. He's playing Ben Johns. This is the first scenario of what happens when you hit a drop. For scenario one it's perfect. Your opponent does not make it to the ball! Congratulations! That is just a sick shot by Mark Napartovich, just so good! Scenario two: you hit a decent drop shot, your opponent is running. They hit it hard, let the ball go! If you hit a decent fourth shot drop shot, and your opponent is running, let the ball go! There's an 80% chance it's going out. How did I figure that out? I watch a lot of tape. One more point I want to make. It's extremely tough to have the discipline to let this go out. If you watch Rich Lively in the near left-hand corner and Sandy who's an incredible player at The Villages. By understanding percentages it will be a lot easier to be disciplined and to let the ball go out. Scenario three: your opponent tries to dink off your fourth shot drop. They pop it up, and if they do pop it up, what do you do? Number one, you can hit them if they're in the kitchen. Trust me, if they're running for your great four shot drop, most likely that momentum will take them into the kitchen. This is knowing the percentages. It's almost like playing chess, and you're thinking a move ahead. This is why I make the videos. I care about you and I'm winning now. What about if they don't go into the kitchen? Here's another example. It's a beautiful drop shot on Ben Johns. Ben Jones leaves a lot of the court open. This will happen often as well. Just be cognizant, that's a good word! Scenario four: your opponent makes a good dink off your fourth shot drop. This is the worst-case scenario. You get in a dinking war, you invite them into the kitchen. I'm sorry, you've done well. Most of the time this will not happen. Ankush hits a good dink here. I'm telling you, he could easily pop that up with his momentum going forward. Guys and ladies, thank you so much! I'm gonna keep the videos coming. Please subscribe, leave your comments! Have a great day