
NET POSITIONING: Your team's position at the net is always determined by where the ball is on your opponent's side of the court.
PLAYING THE THIRDS AT THE NET:
WHEN BACKCOURT OPPONENTS ARE DRIVING THE BALL:
When backcourt team is driving the ball, net team positions themselves in the front red boxes. If ball is on deuce side, net players stand in the left and middle front boxes. If ball is on the opponents ad side, net team is positioned in the middle and right boxes.
WHEN BACKCOURT OPPONENTS ARE LOBBING THE BALL:When lob comes from deuce side, left person moves back to "x" and calls the ball either "mine" or "yours". Person on the left at the net takes everthing in the left alley, over their head and the lob that falls between the two net people because they can use their forehand overhead.
Any lob fading towards the middle of the court or over to the right is taken by the net player in the middle who is positioned in back black box, just in front of the "T". When lob is out of the ad side, player on the right only takes balls off their right shoulder or directly over their head. Anything off the left shoulder of the player on the right should be taken by the player in the middle because they have the more natural angle to hit a "forehand" overhead.
SHIFTING: Players at net try to hit the ball to one side to maintain a calmness and tempo on their side. If ball is hit to the other side (i.e. from the opponents deuce side to ad side) net team must shift positions and move at a similar rate of speed to avoid creating any holes in their defense. Net players should look at the depth of their shots and the opponent's paddle face to determine whether or not the opponent will lob or drive. Generally, if the opponents are behind the baseline, they should be lobbing and if they are inside the baseline, they may be driving.
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What do "R" and "A" stand for?
"R" stands for reset area and "A" stands for the attack zone.
The net team hits slow, deep and soft to the "R" to get out of a troublesome situation and hits snapping overheads to the attack area when they are in control of the point.
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