Kralingen
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What if I just don’t want to?
I’m pretty tall with long arms so a flat ish swing that doesn’t dip down below the ball is so much more consistent and repeatable for me. Not saying I don’t have any topspin, but half of the time I attempt to truly spin the ball, hitting low to high, I end up hitting it over the fence or into the bottom of the net. Alternatively if I swing how I want to swing (flatter naturally with a high finish) I’m much more accurate and in control and get the spin I need. And on low balls I can always slice it back.
So what if I don’t like topspin? I don’t feel like putting myself through dozens of hours of boring topspin groundstrokes and listening to YouTube gurus pat the dog and brush up on the ball.
Is this going to be bad for my game? Can someone convince me why I should build my training time and game around topspin?
I’m pretty tall with long arms so a flat ish swing that doesn’t dip down below the ball is so much more consistent and repeatable for me. Not saying I don’t have any topspin, but half of the time I attempt to truly spin the ball, hitting low to high, I end up hitting it over the fence or into the bottom of the net. Alternatively if I swing how I want to swing (flatter naturally with a high finish) I’m much more accurate and in control and get the spin I need. And on low balls I can always slice it back.
So what if I don’t like topspin? I don’t feel like putting myself through dozens of hours of boring topspin groundstrokes and listening to YouTube gurus pat the dog and brush up on the ball.
Is this going to be bad for my game? Can someone convince me why I should build my training time and game around topspin?