Deep Drops at the Wall
Why this drill
The third-shot drop is hit from thirty feet away, but most wall practice happens from seven. Backing up to true baseline depth turns the wall into a drop trainer with instant feedback: the ball either kisses the tape zone softly or announces your miss with a hard rebound.
Setup
Mark the 34-inch net-height tape line if it isn't already there, and a second chalk line about two feet above it — the drop window. Stand 25 to 30 feet from the wall, roughly baseline depth. A dozen balls.
The drill
Drop-feed yourself a bounce and hit a third-shot drop into the window — above the tape, below the chalk. A ball in the window rebounds softly enough to reach comfortably; that soft rebound is your proof of touch, and you drop it again if you can, or catch and re-feed. Ten drops per set, count window hits: five of ten is solid, eight is strong. Balls striking below the tape were nets; balls above the chalk would have been attacked. Alternate forehand and backhand sets — the backhand drop from depth is the rep almost nobody has enough of.
One thought to take on court
Lift to a peak on your side of the imaginary net — a drop that's still rising at the tape lands deep and dies.