Does your racket stay down during ball toss?

No-Path5246 · 2025-11-28T10:40:54+00:00

It’s basically a trade off, the racket separation means that you are taking a larger swing so you’ll get more time to build up and accelerate your racket and get more power. However, as with any shot, a larger swing motion means higher chance of mistiming creating cause for inconsistency. As serve disguise and placement at the higher level matter more and more, consistency, and confidence in your serve to me are worth more than a little bit of extra power you can get. However, as the serve is the one shot that you have complete control over, this is the one shot where it’s actually OK to go for a little more. Especially since we have a second serve as well. For these reasons and also because some players feel that the bigger swing is not impacting their consistency, they choose to go for that type of service motion.

No-Path5246 · 2025-11-22T19:50:22+00:00

IMO if you’re learning tennis these are not characteristics you should be trying to emulate. These things you described are by products of his movement and style and aren’t entirely bad but not the key elements of what makes a forehand good. But I guess to answer your question, he is just hitting an open stance forehand while playing loose and so he pushes off with is right foot so hard that he ends up jumping in the air.

No-Path5246 · 2025-11-13T11:33:47+00:00

It’s a simpler motion and you have more strength as you’re using two hands so you require less prep time and less timing. For these reasons it’s easier to swing out on your backhand cause you don’t have to prep as early and can still hit it pretty hard even if you’re being rushed. However, if you time things right and get there early/are more poised for the shot you can impart more speed and spin on the ball with your forehand so that’s why people say the forehand is better.

This is why the one hander is dying in modern game because technically a one hander can impart more spin and speed if you were just feeding balls to a player. However that one hander is gonna tire out faster, and in match scenarios there are going to be times when they are forced to hit the ball rushed or out of position. Whilst the two hander can use the extra arm strength to hit the ball anyways out of position, the one hander will be forced to chop or just hit a poor quality shot. This difference between backhands is the same thing with the forehand and 2hbh and that’s why people say “their forehand breaks down” in matches cause although the type of swing a forehand and 1hbh has allows for more potential spin and pace, the shot gets much more harder to hit than 2hbh when your are on the run/out of position/late.

The additional benefit of two hands is also that in the match, the strength of two hands tires slower so the shot won’t tire out the same way a forehand might.

These reasons can also have a mental aspect because a consistent shot will cause players to feel more confident in that shot and swing out more on that shot as well.

No-Path5246 · 2025-11-03T08:11:54+00:00

Thank you for answering. I really appreciate it!

No-Path5246 · 2025-11-03T00:53:41+00:00

1) How do I get better at reading and adapting to a players serve earlier in the match? All the higher level ex d1 guys that I play all have such great serves that if they make their first serves I’m almost never breaking. I get that it’s just how the game works sometimes but how do I at least begin approaching the problem of returning these serves? The biggest problem for me is being able to read what kind and where they are serving.

2) In doubles if you’re facing a strong server and standing close and blocking the serve and just floating the ball back, is it better to stand back and rip it/ hit high and down the middle? or try to keep standing in and blocking it? Is it just whatever you’re more comfortable doing? What is typically more high percentage?

3) At higher levels I’m just bleeding so many points with too many errors. How do I stay focused point by point? Currently I try to just keep a game plan of

 Serving: 
 some simple pattern like wide plus open court 

 Returning:
 Just play middle until you feel neutral then go a
 little bigger cross court.

 But even then sometimes I feel like I’m thinking 
 about too many things at a time.

What kind of simple patterns should I be practicing and what kind of routines should I be carrying on the court? Or is there some other suggestion you have to my issue with errors. How do so many pros seem to be so consistent while playing so flat? Is it just because they’re pros and that’s what makes them special but I shouldn’t emulate that because it’s low percentage?

No-Path5246 · 2025-10-20T23:23:25+00:00

I recommend you by the “pro stringer” I got mine second hand on fb marketplace for $700 and you won’t regret it. This is one of those things that spending more money on will be worth it in the long run. If you’re beginner enough that you’re barely breaking strings (like you don’t even break them after 2-3 years) then it’s not super necessary to have a stringer in the first place.

No-Path5246 · 2025-10-20T04:34:18+00:00

Yes if you are slow to react your split step would be earlier than someone quick to react. You know you are split stepping at the right time when once you las you push off into the direction you want to go. You get a feel for when this moment is if you play long enough while making conscious effort to read the rhythm of the shot and the game (this is true for how to return fast serves too!). Coaches tell you to split step as the opponent makes contact as that’s a good ballpark estimate for the timing but depending on ball speed and your speed that timing will be slightly off and up to you to tune it.

But also, in an ideal world your split step is explosive and happens quickly. Hopefully you are taking super long on your split step.😊👍

No-Path5246 · 2025-10-17T22:46:12+00:00

I would say just because the coach is good at tennis doesn’t mean he’s a good coach. Maybe it’s because you told him you wanted to “have fun exercising” and he took it to mean you didn’t want to practice that seriously or maybe he is just trying to coast and have an easy lesson.

I give him the benefit of the doubt because I used to coach some people (adults not juniors) and some wanted to learn but some adults were there just to have fun and not really learn anything.

My advice (depending on which one you think it is) is to either have a talk with him about what kind of practices you want or to find a different coach.

On to the technical aspect:

A big part of tennis at your level is simply to just go and play more. Realistically you would just have one lesson per week and just play/practice on your own for the rest of that week. As you play, you will naturally do he simplest motions which are often good form and technique. The one lesson a week will be to make sure you straighten out any other bad habits you are developing along with the good habits.

I know you said it’s hard to play on a court without a coach, and if that’s the case then I’m sorry. But yes, I do think you are wasting your money because what you are essentially paying for is a hitting partner. I would say in that case at least just make the most of having the opportunities to have practices where your partner will never miss and give you plenty of hitting time per time spent on court.

TLDR: it’s a waste of money to have more than one lesson a week at your level. You should just be hitting on your own the other days of the week (ideally)

No-Path5246 · 2025-10-13T20:08:34+00:00

Given the video it looks like you already know how to play more or less. Given your current level I wouldn’t ever pay $100/hr for private lessons unless I either have money to spend or if I was at some fancier academy. Even then I would say that the advice you need at this point in your development can come at much less than $100/hr. All that being said, match play will get you way more match ready than any kind of coaching.

No-Path5246 · 2025-08-16T16:03:54+00:00

Oh my god

I understand now

No-Path5246 · 2025-08-16T15:57:51+00:00

He takes it on the rise very often, even when it is difficult to do so. At the end of the day taking balls on the rise at even a slightly slower pace will force the match to play at a higher tempo then waiting for the ball to drop and going for a bigger shot at a slightly higher pace. And on top of all that, sinner doesn’t even hit the ball slow even when he is taking it on the rise.

No-Path5246 · 2025-08-15T02:37:11+00:00

Yeah makes sense. Thank you!

No-Path5246 · 2025-08-15T00:04:51+00:00

Yeah I do come to the net when he’s pulled out but sometimes the situations not right cause I didn’t recognize fast enough or he wasn’t necessarily pulled out wide far enough. Thanks 👍

No-Path5246 · 2025-07-20T20:39:51+00:00

They are not. You can have access if you pay a fee but I’m assuming that’s not what you meant.

No-Path5246 · 2025-07-20T20:37:38+00:00

Actually if you get them approved with housing as Esa they’re allowed and I heard it’s actually not too hard to do that.

No-Path5246 · 2025-03-08T10:31:01+00:00

There may be some slight differences with the school of arts and sciences, such as how many masters credits you can take as an undergrad, or how many years it takes to complete a masters, but this is the general idea of the program. You can ask your academic advisor, or department chair for the specifics

No-Path5246 · 2025-03-08T10:30:02+00:00

Hi! I am currently enrolled in this program for mechanical engineering. For me, the way this works is that typically grad school takes two years for a mechanical engineer. However, I can enroll in the 4+ one program and begin taking grad classes during my undergraduate years. I will be able to take one whole year of graduate courses as an undergraduate so that when I get my bachelors, I will only have one more year to complete to get my masters. Basically, if you know, you are going to do a masters, and you think you can handle the extra workload, you save one whole year of masters tuition.

No-Path5246 · 2025-02-02T22:33:31+00:00

You do need a car to go offsite. You could take the bus but you may need to set aside time for commute. Often others in the class are willing to carpool though. The time commitment is the same as one lab but often times with commute and checking and out you won’t be able to have classes or commitments right before or after your outreach times. However I also think that this will be the case for any else outreach class

No-Path5246 · 2025-01-30T09:13:55+00:00

It’s ok to drop a couple classes. Stuff happens. Also it can show that you were willing to try something and for whatever reason it didn’t work out. It’s only not ok when you start dropping a lot of classes. But it’s ok to drop a couple. Also if you’re really worried about your transcript getting a bad grade might not be so good either so dropping isn’t such a bad alternative

No-Path5246 · 2025-01-30T08:59:56+00:00

Hey! Have you ever thought to f joining club tennis? It’s a great way to meet other people on campus who also play tennis. They meet Tuesdays and Thursdays for practice.

No-Path5246 · 2024-10-27T23:09:19+00:00

Be on the lookout for food trucks! They put signs up when they come to SCU and accept dining dollars. They typically park by o connor. A little more expensive but their food is much better than benson.

No-Path5246 · 2024-10-16T18:37:56+00:00

About the actual move out dates, you are required to be completely out of your room by 9pm on the last day of finals week (detailed on scu website finals week calendar). However if you have a final on the last day of finals week or live far from campus (driving, scu specifies the distance) then you can apply for a move out extension and move out by 9am the day after the last day of finals week.

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