goeblack
Rookie
I started this thread!
As usual the topic get lost because, like me, we tend to start by reading the last replies and forget about the beginning idea.
Yes I am 64. I play 4.0 mostly with 20 and 30 year old 4.0 and 4.5 players.
Over the past two years I have changed my game from hitting heavy top spin with a conti grip to hitting heavy topspin with eastern forehand grip.
Conclusion: neither one of these shots are going to blast a 4.5 player off of the court. And the 4.0 player will have equal difficulty with either one.
I have developed a beautiful topspin backhand. But I can hit a pretty good topspin backhand with the conti grip too.
Conclusion: The beautiful topspin backhand with eastern backhand grip is not going to blow a 4.5 player off the court.
The topspin backhand with conti grip works equally as well against a 4.0 player as does the backhand grip.
THE TOPSPIN BACK HAND WITH THE CONTI GRIP IS MORE RELIABE. I seem to have more time to prepare for it.
I have more time on both shots with the conti grip and I think that not changing grips all the time has a lot to do with it. Add to that, I now do not change grips when I come to the net and to me it just works.
The fact that I am 64 has nothing to do with it. I still move quite well and love chasing down balls at full speed and hitting down the line winners. Actually I set that situation up quite a bit as a weapon.
This was my point--- Changing the way I play the game did not really prove to be effective for me. Yes I know for sure I look better to the 3.5 players watching.
If had a buddy and we just wanted to feed each other shots so we could hit Federer looking backhands back and forth to each other I guess that would make me feel kinda good but I prefer winning.
I posted this in case there are others who may be hell bent on looking good but possibly my find they would play better with their own natural style.
As usual the topic get lost because, like me, we tend to start by reading the last replies and forget about the beginning idea.
Yes I am 64. I play 4.0 mostly with 20 and 30 year old 4.0 and 4.5 players.
Over the past two years I have changed my game from hitting heavy top spin with a conti grip to hitting heavy topspin with eastern forehand grip.
Conclusion: neither one of these shots are going to blast a 4.5 player off of the court. And the 4.0 player will have equal difficulty with either one.
I have developed a beautiful topspin backhand. But I can hit a pretty good topspin backhand with the conti grip too.
Conclusion: The beautiful topspin backhand with eastern backhand grip is not going to blow a 4.5 player off the court.
The topspin backhand with conti grip works equally as well against a 4.0 player as does the backhand grip.
THE TOPSPIN BACK HAND WITH THE CONTI GRIP IS MORE RELIABE. I seem to have more time to prepare for it.
I have more time on both shots with the conti grip and I think that not changing grips all the time has a lot to do with it. Add to that, I now do not change grips when I come to the net and to me it just works.
The fact that I am 64 has nothing to do with it. I still move quite well and love chasing down balls at full speed and hitting down the line winners. Actually I set that situation up quite a bit as a weapon.
This was my point--- Changing the way I play the game did not really prove to be effective for me. Yes I know for sure I look better to the 3.5 players watching.
If had a buddy and we just wanted to feed each other shots so we could hit Federer looking backhands back and forth to each other I guess that would make me feel kinda good but I prefer winning.
I posted this in case there are others who may be hell bent on looking good but possibly my find they would play better with their own natural style.