Comments on: Hitting The Blooper http://www.seniortennisandfitness.com/index.php/2009/06/17/hitting-the-blooper/ Tips for the over 60 crowd by the over 60 crowd! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:24:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Marty Judge http://www.seniortennisandfitness.com/index.php/2009/06/17/hitting-the-blooper/comment-page-1/#comment-8627 Marty Judge Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:37:01 +0000 http://www.seniortennisandfitness.com/?p=214#comment-8627 George, I have trouble with this shot too, especially on the forehand. I either overhit and the ball sails past the baseline or I get tentative and hit it into the net. Over the years I have come to recall some advice my high school tennis coach gave back in the ancient days when we all played with wooden racquets and nobody had open stances. That is, swing through the ball on the same plane (off the ground) that is the apex of the ball's bounce, make sure your racquet face is as perpendicular to the ground as possible throughout the entire swing, and always follow through with the end of the swing elevated a bit above the point of contact with the ball. If you don't make a conscious effort to swing through the ball on a level plane and you don't try to elevate the swing above the contact point at the end of the stroke, you risk hitting the ball down and into the net. If you do this religiously (which I confess I still sometimes mess up) on balls like these you will almost always hit the ball relatively flat and deep into the opponent's court, but not past the baseline, setting up a weak response that you can then put away. While I agree with Jeremy that topspin is a good answer for most situations, I don't think it is the best answer here because of the problems discussed in your original post. - Marty Marty - If i can solve that shot, i would be very happy. tks geo George, I have trouble with this shot too, especially on the forehand. I either overhit and the ball sails past the baseline or I get tentative and hit it into the net. Over the years I have come to recall some advice my high school tennis coach gave back in the ancient days when we all played with wooden racquets and nobody had open stances. That is, swing through the ball on the same plane (off the ground) that is the apex of the ball’s bounce, make sure your racquet face is as perpendicular to the ground as possible throughout the entire swing, and always follow through with the end of the swing elevated a bit above the point of contact with the ball. If you don’t make a conscious effort to swing through the ball on a level plane and you don’t try to elevate the swing above the contact point at the end of the stroke, you risk hitting the ball down and into the net. If you do this religiously (which I confess I still sometimes mess up) on balls like these you will almost always hit the ball relatively flat and deep into the opponent’s court, but not past the baseline, setting up a weak response that you can then put away. While I agree with Jeremy that topspin is a good answer for most situations, I don’t think it is the best answer here because of the problems discussed in your original post. – Marty

Marty – If i can solve that shot, i would be very happy. tks geo

]]> By: jeremy http://www.seniortennisandfitness.com/index.php/2009/06/17/hitting-the-blooper/comment-page-1/#comment-8602 jeremy Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:17:36 +0000 http://www.seniortennisandfitness.com/?p=214#comment-8602 Bah, topspin is always the answer. Over hit with a ton of over spin while moving forward towards the net. Bah, topspin is always the answer. Over hit with a ton of over spin while moving forward towards the net.

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