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I think I will do this to send a message that I am going for the line, and it might keep him from poaching. The never fire at the net again, if need be
i'm a big fan of this... and do it often, especially if i get a juicy first serve...I think I will do this to send a message that I am going for the line, and it might keep him from poaching. The never fire at the net again, if need be
For the vast majority of serves at this level, you should be standing in so close on the return that poaching is next to impossible. If you're hitting your returns from NML, all you have to do is chip them back firmly and take the net.
Hit it crosscourt, McEnroe. At 3.5, nobody's sweating the divine retribution of your fearsome drive DTL. You want to put the fear of God into low level doubles opponents? Be the first guy in the history of the world to actually work on his overhead before 4.0.
Do it throughout the match randomly rather than just at the beginning. They may not be completely warmed up at the start. Other thing is to lob the return to back the person off the net. Personally, I prefer to back them off with lobs before trying for DTL drives.
i'm a big fan of this... and do it often, especially if i get a juicy first serve...
similarly i'm also a big fan of poaching the first point (no matter what) even if i never poach the rest of the match (sometimes i'll tell a weak-net-playing-partner to poach, just to make the team think he's going to be a threat throughout the match).
For the vast majority of serves at this level, you should be standing in so close on the return that poaching is next to impossible. If you're hitting your returns from NML, all you have to do is chip them back firmly and take the net.
A 3.5 can easily take someone's head off at the net.
Do you remember why 3.5's are 3.5?
They obliterate the ball any time they can and have a massive error rate.
It's the 4.0 and 4.5 who hit with moderate 75% pace and win games.
You want to see batshit insane SMASHING of groundies? Go to 3.5
A 3.5 can easily take someone's head off at the net.
Do you remember why 3.5's are 3.5?
They obliterate the ball any time they can and have a massive error rate.
It's the 4.0 and 4.5 who hit with moderate 75% pace and win games.
You want to see batshit insane SMASHING of groundies? Go to 3.5
Come on, you're too playful to keep a tennis notepad...I forgot to do this yesterday.
It didn't matter.
I need to start keeping a notepad of things to work on.
That's strange. I hit mine into the air, to bring the netman's head out of the clouds and back down to earth.I hit my first few returns into the net, to keep them on their feet.
I think I will do this to send a message that I am going for the line, and it might keep him from poaching. The never fire at the net again, if need be