Has anyone here just completely changed there game

[ttwarrior1]

Originally Posted by only4theweak187

Agree with guy above me.

No one wants to play with a junk baller, especially one that drop shots as much as he can.

I'm young, and my wheels are fast as hell, you keep doing that to me, i'm running the ball down and smacking the ball either right at you or for a winner, pretty easy.

And also people dont like to play people who F with their team lineups and screw other teams over.

Lol just the post i wanted to see and what am i supposed to do,, do what i was doing before and lose or do what i do now and win?? All i say is bring it on to the speed demons. If they want to stay behind the baseline, I'm gonna move them in. Most the time they can't get to it to hit a winner, they have to hit a dink shot themselves

[ttwarrior1]

Originally Posted by arche3

Lol. Try that with any decent player and you will get bageled in 20 minutes. You can't drop shot a high pace spinning bomb deep to your backhand. If you play guys that can't hit consistent deep balls then it could work. Any decent player would destroy you playing like that.

Oh I forgot your 130mph serve! In this case drop shot away because you can't be broken.

your right , thats where the 30 percent comes in. Baseline players just don't like to move in and when they do, there whole game changes.

[Djokovicfan4life]

I've made plenty of changes, but mostly by just getting better, not a strategic change.

[rfm29]

Always making changes to try and improve my game. Always small stuff....but over every year or so, all those small changes add up.

[onehandbh]

My game now is pretty different I think.

before:
S&V, charging the net off of 2nd serves. Almost only topspin on BH, even
on returns. Better BH than FH.

Now:
Mostly stay at the baseline. better BH slice, worse BH topspin. Slice more
on BH side.

[Mansewerz]

Lately, i've been going for more on shots, and it's working to my advantage. I'm getting more winners and getting into the net more because of short balls and loopers. I just need to make sure I can keep up the consistency as well as my form. I have some major things to fix.

[bhupaes]

Very inspiring post from TonLars (Tony), thanks!

I am changing my game gradually also, albeit at a much lower level. More rhythm on the serve with a more consistent toss, more use of topspin at the cost of power for the sake of consistency, using the reverse forehand more often, more anticipation; also, of course, fine tuning stroke mechanics based on what I learn from various sources, including TW.

[phnx90]

Before:
- Oversize racquet
- Alu Power 65 lbs
- Eastern (classical) forehand
- Eastern (single) backhand
- Flat strokes, went for winners

Now:
- Midplus racquet
- Alu Power/RPM Blast 55lbs
- SW, WW forehand
- Double backhand
- Topspin heavy groundstrokes

Mind, pretty much all of these changes were adopted on my own accord. I never really had formal coaching for long enough to make any transition, so I can't say for sure whether these changes were for the better or worse.

[shindemac]

Most of my changes have been improving and adding new elements to my game. I went from a flat forehand to topspin. Bh went from slice to 1-h drive to 2-hander. Serve went from god awful flat/dink second serve, to mediocre flat first w/placement and topspin second serve. Strategy changed from having none to using directionals more and hitting/serving to opponent's backhand. My netgame is still non-existant, so I'm still a baseline basher, but hopefully a more consistent and smarter one.

Right now, I'm trying to become a strong server and win points from service winners, or serving it wide and then hitting to the open court.

[fruitytennis1]

Before: Machine baseliner...relied on solid strokes and opponents errors

Now: Agressive baseliner..attack until i get a short-ball(bigger serve helps alot)

[TonLars]

Originally Posted by fruitytennis1

Before: Machine baseliner...relied on solid strokes and opponents errors

Now: Agressive baseliner..attack until i get a short-ball(bigger serve helps alot)

Good luck in your season this year (I think I know who you are but not positive, so sorry if this doesnt apply).

[fruitytennis1]

Originally Posted by TonLars

Good luck in your season this year (I think I know who you are but not positive, so sorry if this doesnt apply).

Its possible...
I dont know you but i have seen you like twice. Beating up on a certain club pro

[TonLars]

Originally Posted by fruitytennis1

Its possible...
I dont know you but i have seen you like twice. Beating up on a certain club pro

Haha sorry, I thought you were someone else, sorry for the mixup. I think youre from Roch though but assumed too much. Either way, good luck to ya haha

[Andres]

When I was younger, my coach tried to mold me like the regular argentinian prototype: SW/W topspin forehand and a flatter backhand. Keeping in mind I played with a wooden Head Vilas until I was 19, no easy task.

I grew up idolizing Goran, Sampras, Rafter and Becker, not Vilas nor Bruguera nor Wilander.

I told this to my coach and he """"laughed""" at me. Told this to my dad and we went to a different tennis club

So that's when my game started to change. Eastern forehand, one handed eastern backhand, and volleying. That was 1998.

Back then I was around 5'9' and 14. My serving wasn't very good though. With time, I grew taller (6'4''), and made my serve a real asset. Combined to my already good volleying, some old school S&V was in order

[ttwarrior1]

just wish i could get a 2nd serve and i could beat a bad pro on a good day.
Never have or will figure that one out.

[Sanavan]

I changed a little over the years too:

95sqi to 90sqi
11.3oz to 12.7oz
Eastern FH to Semi Western FH
63lbs to 45lbs

[enishi1357]

I like to change in a big way to see what works and what doesn't. The last couple of years no one can tell i play like the way I do now but at least now i took in what works and made it into a weapon.

[TennisCJC]

Originally Posted by Zachol82

I agree with papa completely. Also, I'd like to add that against higher-level players, that hits with a lot more pace, it's not going to be that easy for you to hit an effective drop-shot like that.

Key point there. It ain't easy to drop or hit short if opponent hits deep ball with pace.

[y11971alex]

Yes. I have changed my game completely just by October. I've decided to go all-out serve and volley because I want to enjoy tennis to the maximum.

You would know that a player has more angles at his disposal when he is closer to the net. You'll also need to be careful of the drop shop return. Playing a drop shop off a drop shop is much easier than off anything else.

[zapvor]

personally my game has improved drastically in the last 6months or so. i am far more consistent and slightly better mechanics than ever before