Player who always foot faults

[Hot Sauce]

I know a person who pretty much always foot faults on his serve. Just about his whole foot goes over the line. I was playing him on Monday and he has a good serve, but he pretty much always foot faults. I don't want to be a b*tch and call a fault every time but its blatantly obvious. People have already told him about it, but the faults still occur. When I played him it bugged me knowing that he was faulting but not wanting to say anything. What should I do?

 

[kingdaddy41788]

Say something. If there's an official, get him/her. If not, punch him in the face every time he does it ;-) (just kidding)

 

[drakulie]

I would remind him of the rule before the match, and let him know you will be enforcing it. After that, if he does it call him on it>> or as kingdaddy said, get an ump.

The other thing you could do, if you don't want to call him on it, is serve from about 2 feet in front of the baseline. If he calls you on it, which I'm sure he will>>> take the opportunity to let him know he is doing it as well.

 

[bad_call]

... is serve from about 2 feet in front of the baseline. If he calls you on it, which I'm sure he will>>> take the opportunity to let him know he is doing it as well.

drak - beat me to it. something like that is what i was gonna post

 

[drakulie]

^^ You snooze you lose.

I actually saw that once in a Braden video. I then tried it in a match and it worked. LOL

 

[volusiano]

If you're playing for ranking or in a league or something where winning counts for something, I would follow the previous advice and let him know you'd be enforcing it.

But if you're just playing a match for fun and he's a nice guy, I would just let him know up front that you notice his foot faulting problem. If he's gracious and says something like "yeah, I know, but I haven't had a chance to work on it to fix it yet, but I will", I'd just consider giving him a 'handicap' and play on. That way both you and he know that even if he beats you, it's not a legitimate win because of his handicap. That way, you can get past it and enjoy the game and it doesn't seem like you make a big deal out of it by calling him out every time.

 

[Hoot]

Playing in a 3.0 mens league this year and there are tons of guys who foot fault everytime. I even have one on my team.

 

[Vision84]

In a college match i double faulted cause the official called it on me on my first and second serve. After that I just took a half step back and won my service game cause I didn't let it get to me. After the match the official said I adjusted well and I didn't footfault anymore. Such an easy fix and it doesn't even require you to really change anything in your serve if you do it this way.

 

[dave333]

Well if he's not footfaulting that bad, don't call it. If his foot is all over the line, you should. But if it grazes it, I don't think it'll make that big of a difference.