This isn’t the most basic version of the boast and drive routine but I’ve I’ve included this as it has an excellent demonstration video by Nick Matthew who explains why he prefers this to the simpler classic routine*. This is a squash video of course but it works equally well with racketball and is just as useful. One reason Nick likes this variant is that it gives the feeder the opportunity to do drop shots from the back of the court. Needless to say, in a real match situation, you should use this sparingly. It is not normally a good thing to play drop shots when your opponent is in front of you and watching!  The player at the back of the court (the feeder) starts by playing a boast to the front which is played back straight to a length by the player on the T (the striker). The feeder then boasts this to the front diagonally opposite corner from where it is played back once again as a straight drive by the striker. The feeder now plays a drop shot, again driven back straight. Then the feeder boasts to the opposite diagonal corner. So the striker plays straight drives all the time while the feeder alternates between straight drops and boasts. This switches the routine from side to side of the court. Look especially at Matthew’s movement, intense focus on his opponent and early preparation. After a certain time, say 5 minutes, the two players can swap roles. The next section, Boast and drive 3, extends this routine to make it more challenging.

*The classic routine does not include the drop shorts. Every feed is a boast.