Dink Until It Sits
Why this drill
The highest-value decision at the kitchen line: which dink do you attack? Speeding up the wrong ball is the most common unforced error pattern at 3.5+. This game makes shot selection the whole contest.
Setup
Both players at their non-volley-zone lines, half court, straight ahead or cross-court by agreement.
The drill
Dink rally, live at all times: either player may speed up any ball that rises above net height, and the point is then played out at pace. Speeding up a ball below net height loses the point immediately — call it honestly. Games to 11, rally scoring. The scoring pressure teaches both halves of the skill: keeping your own dinks unattackable, and pulling the trigger the moment a dink sits up.
One thought to take on court
Attack the ball at its peak, above the net — if you would be swinging up at it, it was never attackable.