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- soft hand right off bounce.
- increasingly firmer hand
- move bat through black a little
- let ball bounce up a little and go through more
- step back inches and use a little longer stroke... until you are a step back and countering/looping
- stay right off bounce loose wirst and go through ball for spin
- use change of grip pressure at impact with acceleration for speed and spin (more speed with allowing ball to rise a little)
this is very interesting... do you think this would work in normal mult-ball block training, i.e. as you progress through the drill you alter your stroke through all the above steps ?
My son does a blocking drill but wants to be a bit more aggressive when he has enough reaction time to be so
I could go on forever about how to do block variations to increase pace of ball, increase spin... or take way either.
They are all important to know to either keep the ball safe or use for pressure or winners.
The ways to add pace are: FIRMER grip at impact and hitting through the ball
The ways to add spin are: Softer grip at impact and go through ball off center... and vary an increase of grip pressure right at impact while accelerating through ball off center
The ways to remove pace: use a very light grip... stick out bat and hold very light... or stick it out there and REDUCE grip pressure at impact... or stick it out there with light grip and let bat come back a little at impact.
To kill heavy spin: stick it out there and loosen grip at impact... or stick it out there with a very loose grip and go through ball a tiny closer to center... this will kill spin and make opponent think ball will kick, but it doesn't.
All these ways (except the fastest powerful counter from block) are much easier to do right off the bounce. it will require more touch and timing to get it right further from bounce.
All these variations are possible ways to play more aggressive with the block as it robs time or changes spin imperceptibly.
These kind of variations are not really actively coached a lot. Most coaching centers on the macho-man power or high spin stuff. Having control of touch and impact of ball on a block can be a high level skill for any player...
Good thing about these are it is pretty easy to start training aby of these of you know the basic concepts.