Cindysphinx
G.O.A.T.
I played with a new partner recently. She doesn't move so well or volley so well, but she is very consistent and accurate from the baseline.
Because I knew she would never transition to net, I played the net pretty tight. As a result, a fair number of high middle balls were out of my reach. No problem, as my partner would move over and hit these balls as groundstrokes.
When this happened, I would glance back to check her position. If she had to run into my half of the court (crossing the center hash), I would call a switch and cross to the other side.
Anyway, when I was in the ad court, there was one of these high balls where I called a switch. Afterward, my partner told me she would call the switch in that situation. She kind of explained that I was cutting off the shot she wanted to make.
My question is this: In that particular situation, shouldn't I switch? The situation is that I am at net in ad court, partner is deep in deuce court, opponents are 1 up 1 back (with deep opponent in front of me). If I don't switch, we are in an I formation because my partner has crossed the center hash, and there is no one to cover the deuce side of the court because we are both in the ad side.
I know that there have been times with other partners when I was the deep player returning the lob and my partner didn't switch. That left me with a crosscourt toward the opposing net player (not good), or a drive into my partner's back. So I wind up with no options other than the lob.
Because I knew she would never transition to net, I played the net pretty tight. As a result, a fair number of high middle balls were out of my reach. No problem, as my partner would move over and hit these balls as groundstrokes.
When this happened, I would glance back to check her position. If she had to run into my half of the court (crossing the center hash), I would call a switch and cross to the other side.
Anyway, when I was in the ad court, there was one of these high balls where I called a switch. Afterward, my partner told me she would call the switch in that situation. She kind of explained that I was cutting off the shot she wanted to make.
My question is this: In that particular situation, shouldn't I switch? The situation is that I am at net in ad court, partner is deep in deuce court, opponents are 1 up 1 back (with deep opponent in front of me). If I don't switch, we are in an I formation because my partner has crossed the center hash, and there is no one to cover the deuce side of the court because we are both in the ad side.
I know that there have been times with other partners when I was the deep player returning the lob and my partner didn't switch. That left me with a crosscourt toward the opposing net player (not good), or a drive into my partner's back. So I wind up with no options other than the lob.
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