soggyramen
Professional
Okay so my first match of the season is today and I'm playing one of two players.
The first one is a weak 4.5 player. He's a lefty with good footspeed. He uses a pretty well placed spin serve for first and second serves. Very seldom does he miss a first serve. His weapon is his forehand. He doesn't hit flat off that wing very often unless he's ahead. He hits a lot of powerful topspin shots with his forehand mostly cross court and up the middle. His 2 handed backhand is almost always crosscourt. He volley's extremely well and has great touch and lobs. It's impossible to play him at the net sometimes unless you hit a great approach. He really opens up his game when he's ahead. He beat me last year 6-3, 6-3. I wasn't totally destroyed and i've gotten a lot better and more aggressive than I was last year. I was more of a scrapper last year.
The 2nd one is a 4.0 player. He's a righty with good footspeed and footwork. He's uses a somewhat fast flat serve as his first and a weak spin serve as his second. Misses first serve often. His weapon is his two handed back hand. He doesn't hit winners very often but he strikes the ball very well and can place the ball where ever he wants pretty much. His forehand, while good paced and consistent can go off when he gets frustrated. He plays bad when he gets down. His volleys are nothing special. He perfers to swing volley more than anything. He's very confident though in flattening out the ball for a passing shot when someone's at the net. I've never seen him miss a flat pass. He's very tough to play at the net. He's very prone to missing the ball when a player slices to his forehand a lot. He doesn't get as much acceleration on that side.
As for my style..I'm a 4.5 player. I'm a righty who's extremely fast for our players and I have good footwork. I mix up my first serve a lot but when I'm confident I use a flat upper 90's serve. For my second, I use a slice or kicker out wide or up the line to their weakness. I don't volley very often unless I'm forced. I rely on my ground strokes to get me out of trouble. I perfer to use my flat forehand but my backhand is to bigger and more consistent shot. I can hit everywhere on the court with my strokes but don't like to hit down the line with my backhand. I use my backhand slice a lot to set up a short or weak ball to go for a winner. I use the drop shot often with 9/10 successes. I get a lot of balls back too with my footspeed and I get them back with a lot of pace even when I'm in an awkward position. I've become very much a Nadal like player, fight-for-every-ball, so you can't ever think a points over with me. My biggest problem is that mentally I get down on myself sometimes and it can lead to a defeat by weak players. I know I can beat these guys but I need a little help on a game plan..The first guy that I lost to last year had lost to a guy from another school 6-4, 6-4. I played that guy and beat him 6-0, 7-6 (4). So i'm very positive I can beat him this year. I just need a little bit of a game plan.
Anyone share some advice on what I should do.
The first one is a weak 4.5 player. He's a lefty with good footspeed. He uses a pretty well placed spin serve for first and second serves. Very seldom does he miss a first serve. His weapon is his forehand. He doesn't hit flat off that wing very often unless he's ahead. He hits a lot of powerful topspin shots with his forehand mostly cross court and up the middle. His 2 handed backhand is almost always crosscourt. He volley's extremely well and has great touch and lobs. It's impossible to play him at the net sometimes unless you hit a great approach. He really opens up his game when he's ahead. He beat me last year 6-3, 6-3. I wasn't totally destroyed and i've gotten a lot better and more aggressive than I was last year. I was more of a scrapper last year.
The 2nd one is a 4.0 player. He's a righty with good footspeed and footwork. He's uses a somewhat fast flat serve as his first and a weak spin serve as his second. Misses first serve often. His weapon is his two handed back hand. He doesn't hit winners very often but he strikes the ball very well and can place the ball where ever he wants pretty much. His forehand, while good paced and consistent can go off when he gets frustrated. He plays bad when he gets down. His volleys are nothing special. He perfers to swing volley more than anything. He's very confident though in flattening out the ball for a passing shot when someone's at the net. I've never seen him miss a flat pass. He's very tough to play at the net. He's very prone to missing the ball when a player slices to his forehand a lot. He doesn't get as much acceleration on that side.
As for my style..I'm a 4.5 player. I'm a righty who's extremely fast for our players and I have good footwork. I mix up my first serve a lot but when I'm confident I use a flat upper 90's serve. For my second, I use a slice or kicker out wide or up the line to their weakness. I don't volley very often unless I'm forced. I rely on my ground strokes to get me out of trouble. I perfer to use my flat forehand but my backhand is to bigger and more consistent shot. I can hit everywhere on the court with my strokes but don't like to hit down the line with my backhand. I use my backhand slice a lot to set up a short or weak ball to go for a winner. I use the drop shot often with 9/10 successes. I get a lot of balls back too with my footspeed and I get them back with a lot of pace even when I'm in an awkward position. I've become very much a Nadal like player, fight-for-every-ball, so you can't ever think a points over with me. My biggest problem is that mentally I get down on myself sometimes and it can lead to a defeat by weak players. I know I can beat these guys but I need a little help on a game plan..The first guy that I lost to last year had lost to a guy from another school 6-4, 6-4. I played that guy and beat him 6-0, 7-6 (4). So i'm very positive I can beat him this year. I just need a little bit of a game plan.
Anyone share some advice on what I should do.
