This is one of my pet hates and came up again today. Agreed to hit a few practice rallies with someone who couldn't serve due to injury. So I feed the ball down the middle, what I get in return is balls nailed into the corner, drop shots, winners hit flat onto the baseline, lobs when I come in to get dropshots and awkward balls with funky spins on them.
In some ways this is good practice, running around madly retrieving all this stuff. Eventually I lose patience and wack one of his balls passed him into the corner. At which point he complains that it was just practice and there is no way he could reach this. Really, with all the mad shots I have had to dig out?
He isn't the only person who does this. Our club is full of people who try to win warmups and practice hits. Which is a complete waste of time. So here is the tip. Warmups and practice hits are not about winning points, there are no points.
They are about warming up and practicing shots. If nobody wants to practice/warmup with you, you might well be the guy I described above.
In some ways this is good practice, running around madly retrieving all this stuff. Eventually I lose patience and wack one of his balls passed him into the corner. At which point he complains that it was just practice and there is no way he could reach this. Really, with all the mad shots I have had to dig out?
He isn't the only person who does this. Our club is full of people who try to win warmups and practice hits. Which is a complete waste of time. So here is the tip. Warmups and practice hits are not about winning points, there are no points.
They are about warming up and practicing shots. If nobody wants to practice/warmup with you, you might well be the guy I described above.