FedLIKEnot
Professional
So I know in the heat of competition things that would normally not matter can drive us crazy and at best annoy us and at worst drive us bat bleep crazy what is yours?
For me its two things:
1) Calling ball on for the court your ball is going to and stopping there play. Recently had a match where we had the curse of being the middle court and both our neighbor courts would scream ball on even if the ball had no effect on the point. It should be no surprise that it hurt my side more often and thus my annoyance but I it really is annoying. Your playing out a point go to a hit what will be a winner just to have the next court deem our court unplayable in a sense and screaming ball on. Now to be clear I don't care much when the people across the net call ball on even if it is on my side or rolling into a corner. If it distracts or bothers them or they are worried for our safety I can live with it.....
2) Calling the ball out before it lands. I have mentioned this a few line calling based posts, but it annoys me when people call the ball out mid flight. I hit with a lot of topspin not Rafa levels but more so than the common player in my area so most give up on my ball only for it to be close at worst and land in at best. Couple of things there if you call it out mid flight and than it catches you may not able to allow yourself to call it out cause you assumed it out. Nothing wrong with that for some your brain wont allow you to change course. But lets avoid that and see the ball once it lands and if your not sure its out its in. But in USTA this is rarely the case....
So what are yours....?
For me its two things:
1) Calling ball on for the court your ball is going to and stopping there play. Recently had a match where we had the curse of being the middle court and both our neighbor courts would scream ball on even if the ball had no effect on the point. It should be no surprise that it hurt my side more often and thus my annoyance but I it really is annoying. Your playing out a point go to a hit what will be a winner just to have the next court deem our court unplayable in a sense and screaming ball on. Now to be clear I don't care much when the people across the net call ball on even if it is on my side or rolling into a corner. If it distracts or bothers them or they are worried for our safety I can live with it.....
2) Calling the ball out before it lands. I have mentioned this a few line calling based posts, but it annoys me when people call the ball out mid flight. I hit with a lot of topspin not Rafa levels but more so than the common player in my area so most give up on my ball only for it to be close at worst and land in at best. Couple of things there if you call it out mid flight and than it catches you may not able to allow yourself to call it out cause you assumed it out. Nothing wrong with that for some your brain wont allow you to change course. But lets avoid that and see the ball once it lands and if your not sure its out its in. But in USTA this is rarely the case....
So what are yours....?