Taking Balls on the Rise

As discussed in this issue's article on strategies for shorter players, taking the ball on the rise allows players to play closer up, move into the court of short balls, and keep higher ball speeds on their shots.

Learning to hit balls on the rise does not require major stroke changes, but rather, a different timing.

This timing is fairly simple to practice using feeds which land close to the player and drill rules which do not allow the player to retreat.

Here is a series of progressions which will allow your players to learn how to hit the ball on the rise.