The setup
Stand 5 to 6 feet from a wall and mark a low target area.
- Feed gently into the lower target.
- Absorb the return with a short motion.
- Keep the ball close enough to continue without chasing.
2026-05-06 — 6-Game Match
Take me to my practice ↓A closer look at your day
Here is your outing, plus one practice to take onto the court.
outing length
ONE FOCUS TO TAKE ON COURTSoft backhand touchYour outing, at a glance.
Soft hands help you absorb pace and keep the next ball low at the kitchen.
Quiet paddle, soft return.
Your on-court experiment
Soft hands help you absorb pace and keep the next ball low at the kitchen.
Drill · Authored practice
Prescription: 3 sets, stopping each set at 12 controlled contacts or the first loss of control.
Stand 5 to 6 feet from a wall and mark a low target area.
Count completed 12-contact sets.
Step farther from the wall or add left-right targets, one change at a time.
Keep your count with the setup above. Open this outing in the latest PickleBear app to save it.
Comprehensive Guide to Practicing Resets
The soft wall-reset method comes from the cited guide; the stop-at-12 protocol is OUR countable dose.
PLAY STYLEAll-Courtbalanced
You took 348 swings across 6 games. 32.2% soft touch shots in your dink range, 33.3% medium drives, 25.6% hard drives and 8.9% put-away swings. 79.0% forehands and 7.8% backhands, and no overhead swing all day.
2,074 steps inside the 76 minutes of play, 27.3 a minute and 6.0 steps for every swing. first outing, so this is your baseline. The game where you moved most for each ball was game 6, 7.4 steps a swing. Game 3 was the opposite: 2.16 seconds between swings and 5.4 steps a swing, hitting more and moving less. You were being hurried, not overrunning.
You hit a backhand on 7.8% of swings.
| Round | Swings / min | Seconds between swings | Soft % | Backhand % | Avg HR | Steps / min | Steps / swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | – | 35.3 | 2.9 | 146 | – | 6 |
| 2 | 5.4 | 2.31 | 24.4 | 9.8 | 146 | 33.4 | 6.2 |
| 3 | 4.4 | 2.16 | 33.3 | 7.8 | 143 | 23.8 | 5.4 |
| 4 | 4.1 | 2.31 | 33.8 | 10.3 | 133 | 24.5 | 6 |
| 5 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 36.9 | 9.2 | 136 | 35.1 | 5.3 |
| 6 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 26 | 4 | 139 | 31.1 | 7.4 |