Wingfield Drill Mode: Score-based Training System

Wingfield Drills transform your training sessions into interactive, competitive experiences. Every exercise you play is scored in real time, helping you set goals, monitor progress, and stay motivated.

In a typical drill session, you hit ball after ball – without knowing what worked. There’s no feedback, no target clarity, and no real sense of progress. Instead of leaving the court with a sense of accomplishment, the energy fades as there’s nothing tangible to take away from your effort. That’s exactly where Drill Mode comes in.


You’ll gain access to:

  • 🧬 Simple, real-time shot scoring that gives you easy-to-understand feedback between reps
  • 🧬 Customizable drills across shot types, difficulty levels, and target zones tailored to each sport (tennis or pickleball)
  • 🧬 Curated drill collections to find inspiration for more fun and effective training sessions
  • 🧬 Video review tools to break down your technique and make quick adjustments for your next reps
  • 🧬 Visual heatmaps to track placement patterns
  • 🧬 Community leaderboards to compare your high scores with club and global players – and see where you stand

How Wingfield Drill Mode works

Each shot in Drill Mode is rated on a scale from 0 to 100, based on how accurately – and for selected shot types, how fast – you hit your chosen target zone. The total of your individual shot scores forms your Drill Score, giving you a clear benchmark for your session. You’ll learn how the scoring is calculated later in this article.

Score Summary of a Wingfield Drill

You can train with a partner or even alone with a ball machine. Real-time feedback appears after each round directly on the Wingfield Box, while detailed stats and video analysis are synced to your user account in the app.

How to Set Up Your Drills with Wingfield

1. Choose Between Custom Setup or Drill Collections

Start by selecting the number of players you want to track and the shot type you want to train.

  • 👤 Single-Player Drills (1 player): Only one selected player is analyzed. A coach, partner, or ball machine can feed balls from the opposite side.

  • 👥 Team Drills (2 players): Two players play a partner exercise, and both receive a score for their shots.

Wingfield UI showing selectable drill types


💡 Tip: You can find out everything about individual sessions with the Wingfield Box in the article on our Wingman.

If you're looking for inspiration, explore the Collections tab. Here, you'll find our most popular drills, warm-up routines, and active community challenges – all curated by our pros. These come with predefined setups so you can get started right away.

Wingfield UI showing Drill Collections

⚠️ Attention: Collections are currently only available for Pickleball, but they’ll be coming to Tennis soon! 🎾

Want full flexibility? Choose 1 Player or 2 Player mode to define your own target zones and difficulty levels.

2. Select Your Target Zones

Next, choose the target zones you want to train.

  • Use the navigation bar at the top to select a difficulty level – from Beginner to Expert. The higher the level, the smaller and more challenging the target zones become.
  • Want full control? Switch to Custom Mode to define your own target zones freely and tailor the drill to your needs.

Wingfield UI showing Drill Target Zones

3. Select The Active Player(s)

If you are logged in with several players, you must select the active players beforehand.

  • Click on the avatars of the players who should play the drill. They will automatically be displayed next to the court.
  • If necessary, click the change sides button to adjust the sides again (the small Wingfield Box on the field indicates where you are).
  • Then select the target field and click on Start Drill.

☝🏻 By the way:You can assign the active player(s) before each new round.

Compare Yourself In Club & Community Leaderboards

Your high scores for all selectable drills with predefined target zones appear in our community rankings in the app. Note that you must have played at least 10 balls to qualify for a ranking.

How to Find Your Ranking in the Wingfield App

Want to see where you stand? Here's how to check your ranking in just a few steps:

  • Tap the Explore tab in the bottom navigation of the app.

  • At the top of the screen, tap “Rankings.”

  • Scroll down to find the Zone Drills section.

  • Depending on your training mode, switch between 1 Player or 2 Player to view the relevant leaderboards.

Wingfield App Community Leaderboards

Customize Your Leaderboard View

Each leaderboard is split by difficulty level — from Beginner to Expert. To refine your view:

  • Tap the filter icon (top right)

  • Adjust your settings to show rankings for your club only or select a time range (e.g. All Time, This Month, etc.)

How Drill Scores Are Calculated in Wingfield

To help you track progress and set measurable goals, every shot you play in Drill Mode is evaluated and scored. Your Drill Score is based on two core factors:

  • 🎯 Accuracy: How close your shot lands to the intended target

  • 💨 Speed: (For selected shot types) How fast you hit the ball

While the scoring logic is consistent, there are slight differences between Tennis and Pickleball based on the nature of each sport.

1) Wingfield Drill Score Calculation for Tennis

Scoring is based on the distance to the target zone – regardless of drill difficulty. However, at higher levels, the target areas are smaller, making it harder to hit high scores.

Groundstrokes

Score (Points) Distance to target (Groundstrokes)
100 in target
50 1m away
25 2m away
12,5 3m away
0 in net
 

Serves

Score (Points) Distance to target (Serves)
100 in target
50 0.5m away
25 1m away
12,5 1.5m away
0 in net

 

Each shot type has a defined peak speed that counts as 100 points. The scoring curve drops steeply at first and then levels out as speed decreases.

Shot type Speed for 100 points
Groundstrokes 140km/h (85 mph)
Serves 200km/h (125 mph)

☝🏼By the way: You can score more than 100 points if your speed exceeds these benchmarks.

 

2) Wingfield Drill Score Calculation for Pickleball

In Pickleball, accuracy is the most important factor across all shot types, though speed also plays a role in certain drills.

Shot type Goal Accuracy impact
Serve Stay back and aim long to create a difficult return for your opponent.
  • 🎯 Shots into the target zone
  • 💨 Shot speed
Return Stay back and play long into the back quarter of the court
  • 🎯 Shots into the target zone
  • 💨 Shot speed
Dink Stay at the kitchen, play short, and try to keep the ball low
  • 🎯 Shots into the target zone

Drive
Stay back, play fast and flat
  • 🎯 Shots into the target zone
  • 💨 Shot speed
Drop Play short and aim for the ball to land in the kitchen
  • 🎯 Shots into the target zone

 

Scoring is based on the distance to the target zone – regardless of drill difficulty. However, at higher levels, the target areas are smaller, making it harder to hit high scores.

Score (Points) Distance to target
100 in target
50 1ft away
25 2 ft away
12,5 3 ft away
0 in net
 

Each shot type has a defined peak speed that counts as 100 points. The scoring curve drops as speed decreases.

Score (Points) Speed
100 45 mph
50 22,5 mph
25 11,25 mph
12,5 5,62 mph

☝🏼By the way: If you achieve a higher speed, you could theoretically collect over 100 points.