consitent tennis

[johalojoe]

Does this style of tennis still work at least in the juniors about 16s,18s in usta anybody?Cause my coach says I have equal powered strokes forehand and backhand and I need to play consitent tennis.I want see what you guys think about this.

[babolat15]

it might mean that you need to bring your margin for error in in terms of pace and targets

[johalojoe]

I didnt mean to say need to play consitent he said it might be a good idea to do that.I dont really kill the ball that much auctually might be able to hit hard once in 50 blue moons thats how strong im am.

[ProfoundBasic]

I will suggest you ask your coach for what exactly he or she meant.

[johalojoe]

What he meant I asked him he said just get the ball back into play nothing fancy.

[Brendan]

Your coach is right as long as your not patty caking the ball over. Hit good consistent strokes instead of going for more too early and if thats what you do you'll find you start wining some more

[Fintendo]

Tennis is a game of percentages. If you can get the ball into the court one more time thany your opponent, every time you'll win. See how simple it is. :P

[talentscout]

Tennis is a game of percentages. If you can get the ball into the court one more time thany your opponent, every time you'll win. See how simple it is. :P

I agree.. but you can be consistent and still have power.. Your coach is saying you are making too many mistakes. You have to know how many balls you can hit with medium pace without making a mistake. Then you have to practice getting that number higher without a mistake.

Then try hitting 10 balls with full power and see how many go in the court, you have to try to practice hitting with medium and full power before you can master the power of consistence.

[Tallahassee_Technifibre]

Go for tha Dropah!

[[K]aotic]

shots like dropshots are low percentage if you want to hit a good one... so i'm assuming at the ops level its a no go. besides a dropper will be easy to read after 1 or 2. You need to disguise it really well so once again i don't think the op is at that level yet.

[region2champion]

aotic;2712626']shots like dropshots are low percentage if you want to hit a good one... so i'm assuming at the ops level its a no go. besides a dropper will be easy to read after 1 or 2. You need to disguise it really well so once again i don't think the op is at that level yet.

I dissagree. If you are really a good tournament player a drop shot should be a good percentage shot, and it is especially effective if you do it every time.

[KerryJ]

Does this style of tennis still work at least in the juniors about 16s,18s in usta anybody?Cause my coach says I have equal powered strokes forehand and backhand and I need to play consitent tennis.I want see what you guys think about this.

Well here's my view. I am consistent as can be. If you wanted me to have a twenty shot all court rally I could easily. I can even pull the trigger from the back court. The problem is, when I get my approach shot I often miss it. Or I'll make that and dump the volley into the net. So really, I have a problem with ending the point at the time I should. And it's not just bad technique, it's straight up choking. Whenever it comes to matches I mess up the easy shots like no other.


So if you want to get technical, I'm inconsistent at approach shots and volleys. But really I can't finish points. And that's what all my friends count on. However, every 6 or 7 matches, I'm just on.

Really with me I think it's a confidence issue. It's just hard to convinve myself that on court.

[amaj]

Well here's my view. I am consistent as can be. If you wanted me to have a twenty shot all court rally I could easily. I can even pull the trigger from the back court. The problem is, when I get my approach shot I often miss it. Or I'll make that and dump the volley into the net. So really, I have a problem with ending the point at the time I should. And it's not just bad technique, it's straight up choking. Whenever it comes to matches I mess up the easy shots like no other.


So if you want to get technical, I'm inconsistent at approach shots and volleys. But really I can't finish points. And that's what all my friends count on. However, every 6 or 7 matches, I'm just on.

Really with me I think it's a confidence issue. It's just hard to convinve myself that on court.

dam u must be pro.

[Noaler]

I know at least four kids that can hit a perfect drop-shot every time. I'm consistent and they are too but they just drop-shot on me to end the point like from the baseline.

[Morpheus]

Consistent tennis and the ability to stay consistent over the course of the match is the key. A lot of guys break down after they get fatigued.

[Brendan]

i know from personal experience that if your a consistent baseliner like I am, and your playing someone who kinda pushes sometimes but not really, after a while you can get really tired like I did.

[Charlie_Boy]

Most "consistent' players, that might be considered 3.0 to 4.0 players are usually pushers, from my experience.

[Babolat725]

Most "consistent' players, that might be considered 3.0 to 4.0 players are usually pushers, from my experience.

I'm not sure about that I mean I hate pushers as much as the next guy but it is possible to be a good consistent player without pushing. Is there like a speed you have to hit the ball to not be considered a pusher?

[Babolat725]

And as for the question it just depends who you're playing if your playing #30 in the state I don't think being just consistent at the baseline is going to win you that match but if your playing someone like yourself then you might need to be consistent enough until you get your chance. When your practicing though you just can't practice being at the baseline and hitting it back you need to move in too.

[Tikiman53]

Being consistent is great and will probably win you matches, but you can't win tourneys with ONLY consistency (something I recently learned). Lots of people, like me, think that when people tell them to just be consistent, it means just get the ball over. I thought like that too. But there's more to it then that. If you only get the ball over, chances are, you're not moving the ball around enough, therefore your opponent can just stand in place and run you around till you miss. You have to be consistent AND move the ball around and use as much power as your ability can allow. In the 16s, if you're in SoCal, just being consistent can get you through to the second round, but after that, you need to place the ball, run your opponents, and you can't powderpuff the ball around or else they'll be able to get to it and make you hit more balls.

I learned this the hard way :(

[Julieta]

To me consistency is associated with building a point. You're making shots - but not hitting weak balls as other posters have stated. Yet you're not going for winners either because you're not in the opportunity or finishing stage of the point. It's that place where you are hitting a nice ball with decent pace and spin with good margins for error. Often these are cross court shots but can be down the middle as long as you keep the ball fairly deep. If you can master good spin (very good spin) your ball will not only be consistent but will also cause people problems. You're setting up your patterns to get the shot you eventually want depending upon your game style. Then when you get your opportunity ball you take action on that.

What you want to avoid is making a dumb error in the building phase of the point hence the references to consistency.