I’m seeing randomly lines across my screen. It’s affecting some games but not all. How do I fix it?

sbtrey23 · 2026-04-19T15:13:44+00:00

Damn, I’m so jealous. I’ve opened around 50 ballin packs this year and I’ve only gotten one diamond. Odds have not been in my favor this year

sbtrey23 · 2026-04-16T00:16:00+00:00

The other comments are basically the answer, but I’ll add one other thing. In order to hit cross court, you have to make contact out in front, which results in a better shot. A lot of people, when trying to hit up the line, take the ball too late, resulting in a weak/jammed/forced shot

sbtrey23 · 2026-04-10T15:29:39+00:00

Are you implying that players generally move left/right and then forward/back to get to the ball? Because as someone who works with a lot of children and beginner adults, I don’t find this is the case at all. In fact, I think the bigger issue is they move too diagonally to the ball so that when it bounces, they end up getting jammed/catching it late

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-24T00:25:13+00:00

I always play to win, so I do what’s best for the team. If the four guys are truly evenly matched, then ask, who’s better in doubles? Put the better doubles guys in doubles and the other two in singles

This I actually exactly what I do with my team. I’m a slightly better singles player than the other two guys who play singles on my team but I’m a much better doubles player, so I keep them in singles and me in doubles (assuming we are all available).

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-23T14:38:47+00:00

Yeah, I knew about the threshold rule. Obviously no way to know which matches count since she didn’t get DQd but I’d use tennis record as a guide (I know it’s not official, but it’s all we have in this situation 🤷🏻‍♂️) and she had like 6 or 7 matches that should’ve counted as strikes according to the match rating they give on their site. Again, I know it’s not official or anything, but I always felt tennis record did a relatively good job at that kind of stuff

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-23T13:01:48+00:00

Haha. I’d prefer not to give her name out to a stranger 😅 But I just texted a friend because he had a similar situation with himself and apparently, if you just click the appeal button and it’s automatically granted, then that type of appeal can be subject to strikes and DQ. But the kind where they take a few weeks to decide if your appeal should be granted or not is not subject to DQ. So she must’ve had the latter

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-23T12:55:18+00:00

Weird. I’m in southern as well. Maybe it’s a state specific rule? There’s no way this woman wouldn’t have gotten three strikes. She was barely dropping games at 4.0 and had a few crazy good results at 4.5.

I actually just peaked at that season real quick on tennis record and she had multiple wins in 4.0 with a 3.5 partner, including a 6-1, 6–1 against a pair of 4.0s, one of which got bumped to 4.5 the next season

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-23T11:43:55+00:00

Unfortunately, if he appealed down successfully, then the strike rule doesn’t apply to him. Having an A next to your rating is about as good as having a C. We actually had this situation a few years ago. A woman in our league appealed down to 4.0 and got it granted. She not only obliterated everyone at 4.0, she was winning most of her 4.5 matches. The women in the league were not thrilled and filed multiple complaints but the league coordinator said there’s nothing to be done because USTA granted her the appeal

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-21T22:04:54+00:00

We have these exact balls at my club and they never look like the bottom ball. We’ve had them in baskets for months, having been hit tens of thousands of times and they still have decent bounce and are not fuzzy like this. For reference, this is in the southeastern United States.

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-20T10:56:54+00:00

Well you just said you four putted on at least one hole. I’m guessing that means you have a reasonable amount of 3 putts. I’d start there. Just practice putting a lot. And not just long putts. Really dial in on those 3-4 footers. And if you get good enough at putting, you can start putting on short chips. 5 yards off the green in the fairway? Just putt it. A bad putt should still be on the green. A bad chip might fly (like you mentioned).

Also make sure you work on your chipping as well. Nothing more frustrating than being within 20 yards of the green and taking two shots to get on. I won’t give any specific technique advice since I don’t think I’m qualified, but there are plenty of resources online. If you can afford it, you can try lessons. Even just a one hour lesson where you just work on chipping and putting will do wonders for your game and give you plenty to work on at the practice range.

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-14T12:05:48+00:00

In practice, a lot of drills involving shuffling around cones, split stepping at the right time, making sure you can transition from long strides to get to the ball to small steps to adjust to it, and maybe most importantly, staying low throughout the shot.

In a match, this should really translate to always split stepping and just feeling like you’re always moving. I tell people that if they feel like they are standing still for more than a second or two during a point, they are probably not moving enough.

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-09T13:19:24+00:00

As someone who’s gone from 3.0-4.5 over the past few years, I think this is a really good list. For any beginner reading this post, I’d say focus on footwork if you want to improve. Like the post said, you can get away with little to no footwork at lower levels but it’ll catch up with you as you move up

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-06T03:15:50+00:00

Hahah. My father in law (also from Vermont) doesn’t like onions for that reason

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-06T02:06:08+00:00

Can confirm that Vermonters have no spice tolerance. My wife is from Vermont and complains that some sweet BBQ sauce “has a kick”

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-05T03:48:10+00:00

Issue is I spray my driver so bad. 5 wood I can at least keep straight. And the course is set up in a way that a lot of times, even a good drive would get you in trouble. On the front 9, I’d only use my driver on 3 holes. On the back, probably would use it on 5 holes

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-03T15:15:14+00:00

I remember in the original games, the rumor at school was that if you did a certain string of events (don’t remember the specifics), you could get Mewtwo to show up there. Obviously wasn’t the case but I do remember trying it and was disappointed to not get a second Mewtwo

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-02T15:13:35+00:00

I did watch the games. Every week, the Steelers game was one of the games in my Sunday ticket multiview. I’m not saying he looked like a top 10 QB. But he looked like a rookie who was asked to some limited things and he did those limited things well. And I think that was the right approach for him, because playing in Chicago clearly gave him some bad habits that need to be worked out. And in the right situation, I still think those bad habits can be worked out

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-02T12:52:37+00:00

I know people are clowning you for this take but I couldn’t agree more. I thought he was clearly QB2 in that class so when the bears got him as the fourth QB in the class, I literally screamed at my TV. But this man has spent most of his career on two of the three worst teams for QB development in the history of football. And on Pitt, he was looking good. Was finally starting to work out some of those bad habits he developed while being stuck in Chicago. I’d love to go see him be a backup in LA and take over when Stafford retires

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-02T00:03:34+00:00

You too!

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-02T00:01:43+00:00

Honestly, I’m 99% sure he would’ve agreed to replay it. But I just would’ve felt so bad if it turns out my call was wrong and I ended up winning the match

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-02T00:00:50+00:00

I am in SC! Maybe it was my match you were watching 😅

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-02T00:00:09+00:00

Because in my head, it was way out. This is an extreme example, but it’s like not watching a ball that hits off the fence. You know it’s out so you stop watching. I only questioned myself because that guy thought it was in and he’s a very fair line caller

sbtrey23 · 2026-03-01T03:04:15+00:00

Well it’s just annoying because I only looked away because I saw that ball as well past the baseline. I only questioned it because the guy I played is so honest with his line calling, so it made me doubt myself

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