EddieBrock
Hall of Fame
Think I asked this before, but couldn't find it in the search.
In my last match I served pretty well, but off my second serve especially my opponents would hit these low angle returns or other shots during the rally and I'd hit the ball up with topspin and the opposing net player would slam my shot down. On the deuce side with my forehand it just felt awkward moving forward at 45 degrees and having that net player there and trying to decide about the alley or rolling it cross court to get destroyed.
With my backhand it was even worse since the net player would move in close to the net and I'd normally slice a low backhand like that, but when I did I had no chance to get it past him.
I'm used to hitting from the baseline and moving along the baseline or up a few steps and then retreating or running straight forward for a short ball I follow into the net. These mid court, low balls moving away from me with a guy at the net kind of threw me off. How can I work on this?
In my last match I served pretty well, but off my second serve especially my opponents would hit these low angle returns or other shots during the rally and I'd hit the ball up with topspin and the opposing net player would slam my shot down. On the deuce side with my forehand it just felt awkward moving forward at 45 degrees and having that net player there and trying to decide about the alley or rolling it cross court to get destroyed.
With my backhand it was even worse since the net player would move in close to the net and I'd normally slice a low backhand like that, but when I did I had no chance to get it past him.
I'm used to hitting from the baseline and moving along the baseline or up a few steps and then retreating or running straight forward for a short ball I follow into the net. These mid court, low balls moving away from me with a guy at the net kind of threw me off. How can I work on this?