Earn the line together

Setup

• The feeder at the kitchen line, with a handful of balls.
• The pair at the baseline on the other side, side by side, as if they had just served.
• Once the point is on, the feeder covers only half the court: agree which half before you start.

How it works

1. The feeder hits a deep ball to either player in the pair.
2. That player drops it into the feeder’s kitchen, and both walk in behind it, level with each other.
3. The feeder keeps them honest: soft balls at the feet of whoever is behind or ahead.
4. Once the pair reach the line level, the point is on: play it out, two against one, the pair hitting only into the feeder’s half.
5. Ten balls, then rotate: the feeder joins the pair and someone else feeds.

Turn the dial

Easier: the feeder dinks back every ball until the pair reach the line, and never attacks.

Harder: the feeder may speed up any ball that comes back above the net, so a high drop or reset costs the pair the point.