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.
Your outingSep 21, 2026
September 21 league night — 7 rounds of play
Take me to my practice ↓Measured against you, not the scoreboard
Lost on the scoreboard.
Won on the page.
The scoreboard measures who you played. This page measures how you played.
SINCE YOUR LAST OUTING
Late-game pace92%144%last game against the first
Backhand dinks29%44%of your backhands were soft
Late pace was last week’s focus. Soft backhands rose too.
What’s working
Your output held to the end.
From last outing’s focus
Last outing’s focus was Keep Control Late. No practice count came back on that setup. This time late pace held and soft backhands rose to 44%, so we're moving on. Soft backhand touch is next — Wall Reset Touch. Bring back a count from this practice setup; we’ll look at soft backhand share next outing.
Your late game held, so now the next practice focus is kitchen touch. Soft backhand touch rose to 44%. One focus: soft backhand touch with Wall Reset Touch. Soft backhand share was 44% this outing.
TAKE THIS ON COURT
Quiet paddle, soft return.
YOUR PRACTICE CUE
Your on-court experiment
Drill · Authored practice
Wall Reset Touch
Prescription: 3 sets, stopping each set at 12 controlled contacts or the first loss of control.
Count it · Player / coach check
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.
Practice source & what we adapted
Comprehensive Guide to Practicing Resets
The soft wall-reset method comes from the cited guide; the stop-at-12 protocol is OUR countable dose.
- Strong FinishNEW
- Fitter FinishNEW
- Backhand Dink +15NEW
- Marathon Outing🔥 2 weeks running
- Big FinishNEW
589swings
~1 miof footwork
172peak heart rate
PLAY STYLEAll-Courtbalanced
What stood out in your game.
What changed since last time?
Late in the day you used to fade and this time you got stronger. On September 14 your last game ran 5.6 swings a minute against 6.1 in the first. This time your last round ran 10.1 against 7.0, at a lower heart rate (139 against 142). And the backhand dink showed up: 29% of your backhands were soft touch shots on September 14, 44% this time. Late pace was last week's focus; soft backhands rose too.
More from your outing
What kinds of shots did you hit?
You took 589 swings across 7 rounds. 33.4% soft touch shots in your dink range, 32.3% medium drives, 25.8% hard drives and 8.5% put-away swings. 77.2% forehands, 10.9% backhands, and one overhead.
Did you move a lot, maybe too much?
About 2,148 steps inside the 75 minutes of play, 28.8 a minute and 3.6 steps for every swing. Your May and June outings ran 29.8–32.2 a minute and 4.6–6.4 per swing. That is just under your usual range. The round where you moved most for each ball was round 5, 4.4 steps a swing.
Did you avoid your backhand?
You hit a backhand on 10.9% of swings, up from 6.5% in 2026-05.
| Round | Swings / min | Seconds between swings | Soft % | Backhand % | Avg HR | Steps / min | Steps / swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 2.61 | 20.3 | 10.1 | 142 | 27.6 | 3.9 |
| 2 | 8.2 | 2.19 | 40.3 | 6.7 | 150 | 28.4 | 3.5 |
| 3 | 9.3 | 2.14 | 33.7 | 13.5 | 146 | 31.2 | 3.4 |
| 4 | 6.9 | 2.41 | 34.2 | 9.2 | 137 | 23.9 | 3.5 |
| 5 | 7.1 | 2.31 | 33.8 | 13 | 141 | 31.3 | 4.4 |
| 6 | 7.3 | 2.04 | 30.9 | 9.9 | 139 | 30.6 | 4.2 |
| 7 | 10.1 | 2.14 | 35.9 | 15.4 | 139 | 29.2 | 2.9 |