Our last topic covered the Drop Shot-When & Why. This piece will focus on the Simple Drop Technique from the different areas of the court. In an interview after a match former world champion Jonathan Power was asked how many drops do you have in the front corner-I believe he answered six and it could be argued that he had more-and that’s just the front corners. There are many techniques of hitting drops involving incredible deception that will not be covered in this piece; here we will focus on the basic technique behind the simple drops from comfortable situations in
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Use this weapon wisely and you can raise your game to a whole new level. Win matches in three short sweet games against the same opponents that in the past forced you into tight long drawn out battles. Strategy is such an inherent and important part of this incredible game-squash and the drop shot is an integral piece of an elegant winning strategy. Great length and width into the back court will gradually push your opponents T position progressively deeper and deeper eventually to the point where your deep shots become ineffective-you will in fact simply be hitting the ball
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Movement: Many players will strike a ball and then either pose, or straighten up in the very spot that they just played from.  And then only as a second thought start moving back to the T.  This movement causes two problems.  First, you are now giving up on 25% of the court (you’re standing in it) in which to choose to attack.  If you do choose to play to the area you are standing in you are vulnerable to stroke calls against you.  Second, you will find it impossible to recover to the T even under the slightest pressure.  If you do
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