Step-by-Step How to Hit the Forehand Drop Shot

If you are hitting the ball on the rise or trying a high-risk drop shot with a very small margin of clearance over the net, you can hit a drop shot with a more vertical racquet face than shown here, but in the more usual situation, where the ball is falling as you hit it and you want at least a two-foot clearance over the net, your racquet face will be roughly halfway between vertical and horizontal. A fairly steep downward swing path that will produce strong backspin accompanies this much racquet tilt. The racquet has dropped more than two feet since the previous image. The whole body drops downward as part of the swing.