Where to put topspin shots on the court

[zorg]

My question is this: Where should you try to aim if you are hitting a really loopy, "topspiny" shot? I know for a serve you should do it like in the middle of the service box, just so the ball has more time to jump. Is this the case for baseline as well? Should you aim, not deep on the line like you try to do with flatter shots, but more in between the service line and the baseline, so the ball can have more time to jump?

 

[Rickson]

My question is this: Where should you try to aim if you are hitting a really loopy, "topspiny" shot? I know for a serve you should do it like in the middle of the service box, just so the ball has more time to jump. Is this the case for baseline as well? Should you aim, not deep on the line like you try to do with flatter shots, but more in between the service line and the baseline, so the ball can have more time to jump?

Hell no! I'd rather serve as close to the serve line as possible because a short serve is slam bait and a short topspin shot is as well. A loopy topspin shot that lands very close to the baseline is so much harder to return than a loopy topspin shot that lands just past the service box.

 

[Pomeranian]

Why would you aim in the middle of the service box? Who told you that? Time to jump?! You can aim it deep for loopy topspins. The only time I would ever try it hit a topspin short is so that it dips on net players. You don't need time for the ball to jump, giving player that time will give them an advantage.

Let me ask you this, would you rather deal with a heavy topspin ball if it was in the middle of the court or deep on the line? (I really hope you didn't say the latter )

 

[MTChong]

Oh man, the loopy topspins are lethal when hit deep into corners because if they aren't there at the bounce, they probably won't get it at all.

 

[ta11geese3]

mm that's what the commentators said last time... hitting the kick serves into the middle so they kick up higher by the time they reach the opponent.

If your kicker isn't as good as a pro's though I don't know if that's a good idea. You probably aren't facing world class returners either...

 

[Pomeranian]

mm that's what the commentators said last time... hitting the kick serves into the middle so they kick up higher by the time they reach the opponent.

If your kicker isn't as good as a pro's though I don't know if that's a good idea. You probably aren't facing world class returners either...

Don't listen to commentators, some of them don't know what they're talking about. They pretend they do. Even for a professional, deeper serves are better unless you're going for short angles.

 

[RiosTheGenius]

dude, it's all good..... loopy balls are tricky no matter what

 

[shindemac]

If you're talking about groundstrokes and not serve, I would say hit it as deep as you can unless you have a reason not to.