StringSnapper
Hall of Fame
As most 1hbh players know a high ball to that side can be a real pain in the ass. But i think ive found the solution, as employed by mr. Federer
The secret is to always inject pace into the rally. If the rally ends in 4 shots its unlikely they will have hit you a high 1hbh.
If there is pace on the ball, it will be more difficult for your opponent to hit a super high ball to your bh. Theyll be fighting against the flow of the match. No one except Nadal really successfully wrestles control of a rally against Fed to send him high balls to his bh, cos everyone is always scrambling around the court cos of the immense pace on the ball.
So the options are:
1. play like fed with the more linear block bh and take it on the rise (and cover 3/4ths of the court with ur fh) or
2. hit a wawrinka style circular bh usually hard and crosscourt (enables you to handle higher balls anyway, but perhaps with more power and less accuracy)
Shapovalov seems to employ this tactic too. He doesn't get into long rallies where opponents can start rolling high balls to his bh, he keeps pace on the ball. Often going in for a volley after he rips his bh. Shapo is a lefty so its a fh to bh matchup crosscourt for him, making this even more important
Maybe a reason why so little %of players seem to use a 1hbh but a much larger %seems to hover around the top 50, an aggressive game that dictates play seems to have a higher ceiling of potential
The secret is to always inject pace into the rally. If the rally ends in 4 shots its unlikely they will have hit you a high 1hbh.
If there is pace on the ball, it will be more difficult for your opponent to hit a super high ball to your bh. Theyll be fighting against the flow of the match. No one except Nadal really successfully wrestles control of a rally against Fed to send him high balls to his bh, cos everyone is always scrambling around the court cos of the immense pace on the ball.
So the options are:
1. play like fed with the more linear block bh and take it on the rise (and cover 3/4ths of the court with ur fh) or
2. hit a wawrinka style circular bh usually hard and crosscourt (enables you to handle higher balls anyway, but perhaps with more power and less accuracy)
Shapovalov seems to employ this tactic too. He doesn't get into long rallies where opponents can start rolling high balls to his bh, he keeps pace on the ball. Often going in for a volley after he rips his bh. Shapo is a lefty so its a fh to bh matchup crosscourt for him, making this even more important
Maybe a reason why so little %of players seem to use a 1hbh but a much larger %seems to hover around the top 50, an aggressive game that dictates play seems to have a higher ceiling of potential