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February 22, 2017 BY

Rally Zone A3 Recommendations

In this sub zone (in yellow color in the diagram ) we will only analyze decisions when your positions are X1 or X2.

The best places for the ball’s placement are indicaed in green.

First and most important from these positions, you should never direct the ball within the range of your opponent.

Recommendations

For this subzone the player can use all the recommendations written for sub zone A1 and A2.

Depending on your skills,

  1. For beginners and intermediate level players the best direction is cross court or a drop shot ball, close to the net.
  2. An advanced player can direct the ball down the line, cross court or drop shot.
  3. When the ball comes from cross court it is easier for the player to return the ball cross court. But the player has to place the ball on the other half of the court the same distance or less from the net. For example, if the opponent’s ball direction has crossed the sideline in your half 6 m (20 feet) from the net, your ball’s direction has to cross the sideline closer than 6 m (20 feet)  from the net. It is necessary in order for player “X” to have enough time to get to the next position, to take the advantage in this rally or to implement a wining shot. When does player “X” has the initiative in the rally? When after every stroke the player’s distances to his next positions are less than the opponent’s distances.
  4. When the ball comes from cross court and the player wants to direct the ball down the line, the head of the racket has to direct more inside of the court than to the place where he wants to play. There is a physics rule, the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection and if the player wants the ball to be closer to the sideline and does not implement this rule, the ball will be out. Depending on the separate cases the player assesses the situation and decides how much more inside to direct the head of the racket. For the player it is the most difficult when the ball has a spin because the spin picks up the angle’s declination.
  5. If the player is at position X1 the position of the opponent is Yc 1.35 m aside from the center.
  6. From the position A1 player A can play down the line if:
  • the player can attack;
  • the opponent moves to the net;
  • the opponent is close to the corner of the court (position Y1 on the diagrams below).

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February 21, 2017 BY

Rally Zone A2 Recommendations

Tennis Court Sub Zone A2

From this subzone the player can take the initiative or directly to win point.

Let’s look at diagram 4. If you play cross court from position X2 and your opponent is in on position Y2, he has to cover almost twice the distance in order to hit the ball than you have to cover in order to be in the correct position.

  1. Advantages you to play cross court are:
    – This zone is bigger than if you play down the line;

– You have to cover the shortest distance to be in the next correct position;

– The ball passes over the net in almost the lowest place that is close to the center of the net.

  1. Disadvantages to playing here are:

– The maximum possible speed of the ball will be less than the ball’s speed if you had played down the line because of the topspin or slice shot that you have to implement;

– At position Y21 on diagram 4 your opponent has the maximum angle to attack you.

If the ball’s placement is in the green zone you have a greater chance your shot to be a wining shot.

In Diagram 5 you are in the X2 position and you will play down the line. That’s a perfect decision but in order to implement a wining shot:
– You have to have a really accurate shot because this zone is the smallest one, and/or;
– Your opponent has to not be in the correct position. For example, close to the corner of the court.
1. Advantages if you play down the line are:
– You can implement a faster shot than if you play cross court;
– Sometimes you can move foreword and play a volley.
2. Disadvantages to playing down the line are:
– This zone is the smallest one and requires an accurate shot;
– The distance to the next correct position is almost twice as long than if you had played cross court;
– The ball passes over the net in the highest place.

Recommendations

1.When the ball is in zone A2, inside of the court and if the player can attack, it is preferable that the player plays down the line /straight/ and plays cross court in any other cases.
2. If your opponent can hit the ball from the position that is closest to the the corner of the court (Diagram 2 position ``X2``), your position has to be 0.8 m from the court's center (on the ``Y2`` on the diagram). In the Diagram 3 it is the same but from the opposite side.
3. In Diagram 2 and 3 the green indicates the recommended zone(s) where you have to play in order to implement a wining shot when you are in zone A2.
4. Sometimes it is a good decision to play a drop short ball, close to the net from sub zone A2. In this case, it is equi-distant to play cross court or down the line. We recommend that you play such shot mostly when you play on a clay court, you have good skills to implement such a shot and for the element of surprise.
5. When you have to hit the ball from position X2, the recommended opponent's position Y2 is about 0.8 m (2 - 3 feet) from the center on the opposite court's side.
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