ChaelAZ
G.O.A.T.
This is as bad as foot faults to me, mostly because younger people use it incorrectly not knowing who exactly the boomer generation is, but liberally applying it to anyone older than themselves.
How to Call a Footfault
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This is as bad as foot faults to me, mostly because younger people use it incorrectly not knowing who exactly the boomer generation is, but liberally applying it to anyone older than themselves.
J011yroger
Talk Tennis Guru
This is as bad as foot faults to me, mostly because younger people use it incorrectly not knowing who exactly the boomer generation is, but liberally applying it to anyone older than themselves.
Well that's just because Gen X was completely unremarkable.
J
norcal
Legend
This is amazing, some people thrive on conflict and drama! You reverse psychologized him! I can imagine the confusion on his face
Stratotanker
Semi-Pro
Get off my millennial lawn.
If you foot fault, someone should correct you. if you know you foot fault, that's cheating. cheating should not
be tolerated in tennis, no matter what the level.
if its social tennis, i will let the foot faults go. even if the guy serve and volleys like Fed.
if its competition, i will point it out, even if his serve is slower than 30 mph. if it persists, i will
stop the match and call for a linesperson.
i recall one USTA match where the opponent got upset with me calling footfaults, he imploded and lost the match,
when i pointed out the foot faults.
he wouldnt shake my hand afterwards.
usually you can only tell in doubles, as with singles, its hard to see what the opponents feet are doing when you are tracking the serve.
z
be tolerated in tennis, no matter what the level.
if its social tennis, i will let the foot faults go. even if the guy serve and volleys like Fed.
if its competition, i will point it out, even if his serve is slower than 30 mph. if it persists, i will
stop the match and call for a linesperson.
i recall one USTA match where the opponent got upset with me calling footfaults, he imploded and lost the match,
when i pointed out the foot faults.
he wouldnt shake my hand afterwards.
usually you can only tell in doubles, as with singles, its hard to see what the opponents feet are doing when you are tracking the serve.
z
I think this is how most people think about footfaults. And it certainly influences the way they make the call and treat the opponent. Like I said above, it's pretty rare to see someone call a footfault the same way they make any other call. It's usually called as if they are calling their opponent a cheater (and I think that is exactly the intention).
Again, what I'd suggest is, if you are going to call a footfault, do it from the beginning of the match. If you really want to avoid a confrontation, I'd suggest playing a let on the first few footfaults you call. If you really want to avoid any conflict, call a footfault on a fault serve (long or in the net) and offer to play a let on that serve. Guarantee you the guy won't get angry about that.
Anyway, interesting to see how angry a footfault can make people (both the opponent and the person called for the footfault). And the strange arguments that usually follow. I'd place the blame on both people. The guy who footfaults for not (trying his best) to correct it. And the opponent who goes for "maximum drama" (and really try's to provoke the footfaulter) with the way he makes the call (see OP for details).
Have you ever genuinely considered you might be taking the foot fault call personally because you feel like a cheater when you get called for foot faulting? Maybe you're getting defensive about the situation when the other party is just trying to stop you from foot faulting?
I don't see it any different than questioning line calls. The people who get upset generally know they made a bad line call. How can someone bring it up to them without them feeling like a cheater?
Yes, I expect you’re correct. That would explain it
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