Coach feeds easy balls to the player. Player tries to hit drop shots.
At the beginning, players will try to hit too low over the net. Coaches have to emphasise high trajectory because only these balls have chances to drop close to the net and stay there. It doesn't matter how close the ball bounces to the net; what really counts is second bounce because this is the spot where opponent has to run to.
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