Deadly Drop Shots (DVD)

Features and Benefits


Enjoy a complete blueprint of the battle-plan for teaching, training and unleashing drop shots on opponents!

  • Learn in-depth lessons on using and hitting drop shots, beginning with the important teaching points for how to hold the racket and the proper grip to use (Continental) to hit the drop shot. 
  • See the different types of balls a player might hit the drop shot with and the swing path his or her racket should take when hitting these different types of shots – including discussions on swing angle and how to best use the racket face for hitting high balls and low balls. 
  • Receive critically important patterns of play for how and when to use drop shots.

In this highly valuable instructional tennis coach video, Chris Lewit, a Certified USTA High-Performance Coach, gives you all the secrets and successful teaching techniques for hitting drop shots.

Coach Lewit breaks down his video into three parts for how to learn, hit, improve and use the drop shot in a live-action competitive match – breaking down breaks the video into three parts: teaching, tactical and drills/exercises.

Hitting Drop Shots: Racquet Grip, Swing Angle & Spin

To begin the lesson, Coach Lewit opens with a discussion on using and hitting drop shots, beginning with the important teaching points for how to hold the racket and the proper grip to use (Continental) to hit the drop shot. 

Coach Lewit goes through the different types of balls a player might hit the drop shot with and the swing path his or her racket should take when hitting these different types of shots – including discussions on swing angle, and how to best use the racket face for hitting high balls and low balls. 

Drop Shot: Footwork & Drills/Exercises

Next, Coach Lewit leads a detailed examination of the footwork required and necessary to hit drop shots – going over all the different types of footwork that one can use to hit drop shots, as well as an outline of the and an array different types of drop shots that players can use depending upon where they are on the court. Coach Lewit examines hitting different drop shots a player can use as he or she moves forward, moves backward and while on the run. There are a variety of different shots that players can hit depending on the situation and their personal level of skill.

This is an important component of the video as it provides the knowledge necessary to help a player with his or her drop-shot development because of the footwork that is necessary for hitting the drop shot and all the different steps required to successfully hit a drop shot.