too much tennis.

luvforty

Banned
saturday morning, snow on the ground, 16F..... shoveled court and did 2 hours of volleys.... afternoon, court is dry, 20F, did 2 hours of hitting, mostly volleys.

sunday morning 1.5 hours of hitting, afternoon, nice sunny 33F, 2 hours of playing games.

if it's warm enough to jog, it's certainly warm enough for tennis!
 

goran_ace

Hall of Fame
Wow. That is a lot of tennis to play in not-so-ideal conditions. Your enthusiasm/passion for the game is great!
 
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Have you played on courts with a full sheet of ice? Looks amazing. Looks Beautiful. Plays painful.
 

LeeD

Bionic Poster
I wish my groundies would be a step behind my volleys. Right now, it's almost 2 full steps back.
Hitting today, nice 52 degree sunny skies, volleys seem almost 5.0 level, while groundies middling 3.5.
Against a hard hitter, I can place 80% of my volleys into center of NML and the rest will once bounce to him, him never needing to hit any shorthops or two bouncers.
I can barely hit 4 groundies in a row at that depth.
 
My volleys are way behind groundstrokes. I can't stop putting a small swing on them...

One KO volley is more satisfying than hitting 10 putaway volleys. :)

What I hate the most is, when you're rally/practicing volleys, it's like cake. But come match time, it's the hardest shot to do. That means I don't have enough volleying practice.

P.S.*, I also like it when most other baseline bashers from other courts go "WTF is he doing?" when I'm up at the net.
 

luvforty

Banned
morning 7-7:45, wet ball, mostly volleys;
noon - went alone for serve practice. 150 balls.
5:30-6:30, took son to jr clinic, was quite fun watching kiddos knocking foam balls around with lots of enthusiasm.
evening, 7 - 8:45, hitting around with semi-wet balls, playing points, serve volley, chip charge etc.

too much tennis !

court has wifi now.... when it warms up, i can see myself setting up office there :)
 
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morning 7-7:45, wet ball, mostly volleys;
noon - went alone for serve practice. 150 balls.
5:30-6:30, took son to jr clinic, was quite fun watching kiddos knocking foam balls around with lots of enthusiasm.
evening, 7 - 8:45, hitting around with semi-wet balls, playing points, serve volley, chip charge etc.

too much tennis !

court has wifi now.... when it warms up, i can see myself setting up office there :)

Although it's part of your responsibility, but the fact that you are enjoying makes it that much more special.

You sir, are a good man!
 

LeeD

Bionic Poster
PacLefty...
A small swing is needed on every volley except a pure block.
But it has to be done with a conti grip and an underspin stroke, so the ball skids on landing, and underspin gives the depth control.
Very hard for modern grip players to learn to volley, what with SW forehand grips and 2hbh backhands.
You just gotta spend a few days hitting ONLY conti grip, EVERY stroke, and try to slice approach to just inside service line positioning.
 
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