IS LEVEL A RIGHT FOR YOU?
Level A starts where many players get stuck: the serve and return are playable, but the third shot is still a gamble.
The course is for you if your drop changes with every return, contact often happens too close to the body, or you control the ball only from a comfortable feed. Session 1 is trained alone at a wall; Sessions 2 and 3 require one training partner and a court.
BUILT BY STEFAN GRUBMÜLLER
SPORTS SCIENCE. COACHING. COMPETITION.
Mag. Stefan Grubmüller combines sports science and international coaching expertise with first-hand experience as one of Europe’s leading singles players.
His approach connects technique, perception and movement with the situations players actually face on court.
THE COACH BEHIND THE METHOD
THREE SESSIONS. ONE CLEAR PROGRESSION.
Level A builds the drop in the right order — from reading the ball and organising the contact to playing the third shot after your own serve.
WALL → COURT → GAME SEQUENCE
SESSION 1 · WALL
SESSION 2 · COURT
SESSION 3 · GAME SEQUENCE
Read the ball after its apex, move into the fall and guide it with a stable body and calm arm. Trained alone at a wall.
Transfer that control to the court. Work from short to longer partner feeds and learn to manage distance, apex and second flight.
Connect the full sequence: serve, read the return and play the drop. The goal is a third shot you can organise in context, not one that depends on a perfect feed.
TEST. TRAIN. CHECK.
1 / ESTABLISH THE BASELINE
Start with the Serve–Return–Drop test. Record your score before changing anything.
2 / WORK THROUGH THE SEQUENCE
Complete the three sessions in order. Each one solves a different part of the drop.
3 / TEST WHAT TRANSFERRED
Repeat the same test, compare the result and identify the next useful training step.
WHAT YOU GET
A COMPLETE LEVEL — NOT A COLLECTION OF DRILLS.
Baseline and final Drop Test · Three progressive training sessions · Instructional videos · Downloadable session plans · Quality checks · Clear next-step recommendation.