Has anyone here just completely changed there game

[Squall Leonheart]

Originally Posted by 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.

I don't care how good your serve is; there is no way a pro would get defeated by 70% drop shots.

[zapvor]

^very true.

[Sanavan]

Originally Posted by Squall Leonheart

I don't care how good your serve is; there is no way a pro would get defeated by 70% drop shots.

That is true!

[goober]

Originally Posted by Squall Leonheart

I don't care how good your serve is; there is no way a pro would get defeated by 70% drop shots.

He posted some vids of his serves. They were uh- very interesting. Go watch them and you will see where he is coming from

[ttwarrior1]

Good stuff

[Alchemy-Z]

Yes

basically

I went from Defensive counter punching to> net attacking and trying to end rallies in under 10 shots.

[PhrygianDominant]

first off....typo in the thread title. bad form

I have always wanted to be an all court attacking player....I believed I was for a long time. Sadly I am not. I don't have the serve for it, and I don't have the control over the racquet head to cover the whole net in singles.

However, after switching to a 2hbh and working on my forehand footwork, I can play a pretty aggressive baseline game. Someday I may, with experience, get good enough to come to net as a suprise or for the variety. someday....

[rkelley]

There have been two significant style changes for me over the years.

When I was in high school and early college I was a defensive counter puncher. Back then, when we played with stone racquets, everyone was coming to the net, usually approaching to their opponents bh. I had a 2hbh, so I could pass people pretty effectively off that side. Also, since folks were coming in off the first or second ball, I didn't have to keep a lot of balls in play before I needed to hit a pass. Worked great.

In college however I realized that I had this huge serve (relative to my competition anyways) and a top/slice second serve (unusual at my low-ish level). I was wasting that advantage by staying back, so I learned to S&V. Did that for years. The biggest issue was that at my level it was really more serve and intimidate. I didn't have to volley all that well to win the point (often didn't have to volley at all), and again I didn't have to keep a lot of balls in play to win. Against players who could handle my pace I got killed.

Now, after many years of mostly not playing, I started playing again about six years ago. I eventually changed my fh to a modern forehand. I've gone on a mission to become more consistent while maintaining good pace. For the last two years I've really been focusing on playing hard, but consistent ball from the baseline. I still come in when I can, but it's way less than I used to.

[Timbo's hopeless slice]

Yes, about ten years ago I switched from a classic FH to a modern open stance FH, this had the flow on effect of changing my game plan as I now hit inside out to the opponent's BH much more than I once did as the heavy top spin makes it a more effective shot..

[LeeD]

Change is inevitable.
I went from conti forehands and 2hbh to W forehands and 1.
Dink only works against the speed challenged lower level players. After that, you're setting them up at the net.

[tennisplayer1993]

I used to be a pusher when I was younger because I was physically tiny against my opponents. But due to two massive growth spurts. I smack the ball as hard as I can.

[caltiger123]

I have changed my forehand to more of a windshield wiper one. I went from finishing near shoulder height to sometimes quite below so. My grip also gradually is becoming western. This is almost unintentional and I'm not sure whether I should just go with it and have a western forehand or if I should consciously try to revert to a semi-western.