On the White line means IT'S IN!!!!

[Bdarb]

Here's one thing I have never understood. Seemingly everyone on here ridicules the idea/concept/strategy of aiming for the lines. Many just scoff and say you simply can't play that way. But I have done this for years with very good success. I'm not saying I always hit the lines, but I DO aim for them. If I miss a few shots just long, I adjust slightly, but I keep aiming for lines.

Tell me this: if high school and college and professional basketball players can aim for a small rim only slightly bigger than the ball they shoot, and yet hit their target dead-on 50% of the time from 20 feet away, why should it be so hard for a tennis player to consistently aim for and frequently hit lines? Look at what bowlers aim for. Or dart players. To say it won't work is just another example of the tendency of so many players on here who look at any tactic that doesn't work for them and declare it couldn't possibly work for anyone.

I remember when people stated emphatically that you couldn't hit a successful forehand with an open stance---couldn't be done. Except that now it is commonplace. Some players love to tell other players what can't be done---until someone successfully does it on a regular basis. Then they move on and start beating some other tired old drum.

It is to laugh.

Yes you and everyone else with common sense. This is impossible when you're being cheated though.. Can't be done.

 

[struggle]

I try to make it so that if I make a bad line call it goes in my opponents favor.

'Nuff said. Hook me all you want, I don't have it in me to grease you back.

I'll walk away happy with that.

 

[tennis_ocd]

Tell me this: if high school and college and professional basketball players can aim for a small rim only slightly bigger than the ball they shoot, and yet hit their target dead-on 50% of the time from 20 feet away, why should it be so hard for a tennis player to consistently aim for and frequently hit lines?

Actually the area of an NBA rim is 4 times that of the ball. Even so, if you accept that every other shot will be out go for the line.

Was thinking this morning that (except for serve) one could play an entire set of doubles with perhaps only a couple of line strikes. Hitting lines in singles is cool; hitting them in doubles is really some poor percentage play. Especially if you're not getting the call

 

[beernutz]

Here's one thing I have never understood. Seemingly everyone on here ridicules the idea/concept/strategy of aiming for the lines. Many just scoff and say you simply can't play that way. But I have done this for years with very good success. I'm not saying I always hit the lines, but I DO aim for them. If I miss a few shots just long, I adjust slightly, but I keep aiming for lines.

Tell me this: if high school and college and professional basketball players can aim for a small rim only slightly bigger than the ball they shoot, and yet hit their target dead-on 50% of the time from 20 feet away, why should it be so hard for a tennis player to consistently aim for and frequently hit lines? Look at what bowlers aim for. Or dart players. To say it won't work is just another example of the tendency of so many players on here who look at any tactic that doesn't work for them and declare it couldn't possibly work for anyone.

I remember when people stated emphatically that you couldn't hit a successful forehand with an open stance---couldn't be done. Except that now it is commonplace. Some players love to tell other players what can't be done---until someone successfully does it on a regular basis. Then they move on and start beating some other tired old drum.

It is to laugh.

Just a guess but perhaps it has to do with the fact that Bball players or dart throwers or bowlers are holding something which is in their control before releasing it towards their target whereas tennis players must hit a moving object toward their target?

 

[tennis_ocd]

Just a guess but perhaps it has to do with the fact that Bball players or dart throwers or bowlers are holding something which is in their control before releasing it towards their target whereas tennis players must hit a moving object toward their target?

More than that; aiming for a bulls-eye or pin pocket isn't apple to apples. A miss on either side is equal.

A fair comparison would be shooting a hockey puck or soccer ball at a goal. You wouldn't aim for the pipe but an area inside. Or a bases loaded 3-2 pitch; how much risk is acceptable?

I'd like to pull my car all the way into the garage but if I aim for the bumper on the wall there is going to be an unacceptable risk of carnage.

 

[sureshs]

Tell me this: if high school and college and professional basketball players can aim for a small rim only slightly bigger than the ball they shoot, and yet hit their target dead-on 50% of the time from 20 feet away, why should it be so hard for a tennis player to consistently aim for and frequently hit lines? Look at what bowlers aim for. Or dart players. To say it won't work is just another example of the tendency of so many players on here who look at any tactic that doesn't work for them and declare it couldn't possibly work for anyone.

You know that in tennis the ball is not held by the hand, but through a racket, right? And that the player is typically moving, right? And that the width of a line is smaller than the diameter of the hoop?

Look at the US Open kid's day expo and see what accuracy pro players achieve with targets. Not good.

Have you asked yourself why pro golfers cannot always make a put from 4 feet away, even after figuring out which way the green turns?