calling on buggy whippers

[phnx90]

When I was a kid, I used to play squash and tennis a lot...I hated how squash balls just didn't bounce, so when I got too lazy to bend my knees, I'd whip the ball off the floor. It was a pretty natural shot; almost like swinging my arm in a full circle. After a while (because laziness runs in my blood) I played with that follow through almost exclusively. A few years later, when I watched Nadal play for the first time on telly, I swear I thought he copied me Ah, childhood memories.

I don't use a BW often when I play tennis though, unless the ball is low, high or wide (against a good player this could mean about 80% of my forehands). It's most fun when I hit crosscourt with it when my opponent's come in to volley; even with him jumping to hit an overhead, the ball would be just outside his reach and land on the baseline with a lot of pace.

But the biggest problem with my BW is a) I can't make that kind of shot (second para) every time and perhaps more importantly b) everyone automatically thinks I'm just trying to copy Rafa.

[only4theweak187]

its how i learned to hit with heavy topspin. i use inside-out forehand buggy whip "reverse" forehands to my opponents backhands works ESPECIALLY well against a either a right OR lefty opponent's one-handed backhand.