Monday night our doubles opponents had a guy that used to play div 2 college ball, and although his much overweight and older now, he had amazing shots, spin, pace and variation. He is solid 4.5 at least. I tell my partner about him, how good his game is and all.
He watches this guy playing, and says, "I don't see anything impressive, are you sure?" I was like..."Yeah, I know he doesn't look good there, but wait till you see his shots coming at you on the court!"
Long story short, this guy started off the first game with three outright clean winners, down the line 1Hbackhand, and two sharp hard cross court forehands---like it was nothing. My partner comes over and tells me with big eyes..."Wow! You were wern't kidding!"
The point is in this case, I admit, he doesn't look that good watching from teh sidelines, he really looks plain and well...overweight. But his shots have 'crap' all over them, and it's a whole different story when his shots are coming at you.