I am not sure aiming for the bottom of the ball is a good idea, except if you are absolutely just brushing up on the ball with no "going through the ball". I always aim to hit the top half of the ball and both brush up and "go through" for court penetration. If I am for the bottom of the ball, it is guaranteed to sail long unless I want to hit a spinny lob. At least this has been my experience and also my coach used to shout at me during sparring "Hit the TOP of the ball!" For my stroke mechanism I have to hit the top of ball in order to avoid too high of a launch angle.
I believe you’ve sorta done a vid like I’m gonna suggest. But I think it’s worth doing again. You should do a vid where you really emphasize the importance of learning a Continental Grip. I mean really, really, really drive this point hard. I miss seeing ball baskets getting kicked. 1) Emphasize the simplicity of only needing to learn one grip for every shot other than the topspin forehand if you have a two handed bh. 2) it’s what separates a advanced player from a run of the mill rec player. And lets you identify a player who is advanced or has the chance to become advanced at a short glance. 3) A good illustration would be to take two advanced players. One could only hold a Continental grip for all shots including forehand ground strokes. The second player could only hold his forehand grip for all strokes ( this would get more hilarious if the players forehand grip is a Western. Don’t use a player with a Hawaiian grip. (Basically an upside down continental) although I’ve never seen advanced player use this grip. Have them play some games. The point is to emphasize how much the Continental player already uses that grip in the majority of his strokes. Not much would change. He’d just hit under spin and blocked forehands. The Forehand player would have to modify everything but his forehand. Generous amounts of tape could be used to emphasize the inability of the players to change grips.
B2 is indeed a great dog!
I am not sure aiming for the bottom of the ball is a good idea, except if you are absolutely just brushing up on the ball with no "going through the ball". I always aim to hit the top half of the ball and both brush up and "go through" for court penetration. If I am for the bottom of the ball, it is guaranteed to sail long unless I want to hit a spinny lob. At least this has been my experience and also my coach used to shout at me during sparring "Hit the TOP of the ball!" For my stroke mechanism I have to hit the top of ball in order to avoid too high of a launch angle.
So true. I tend to make this mistake
I believe you’ve sorta done a vid like I’m gonna suggest. But I think it’s worth doing again.
You should do a vid where you really emphasize the importance of learning a Continental Grip. I mean really, really, really drive this point hard. I miss seeing
ball baskets getting kicked. 1) Emphasize the simplicity of only needing to learn one grip for every shot other than the topspin forehand if you have a two handed bh. 2) it’s what separates a advanced player from a run of the mill rec player. And lets you identify a player who is advanced or has the chance to become advanced at a short glance. 3) A good illustration would be to take two advanced players. One could only hold a Continental grip for all shots including forehand ground strokes. The second player could only hold his forehand grip for all strokes ( this would get more hilarious if the players forehand grip is a Western. Don’t use a player with a Hawaiian grip. (Basically an upside down continental) although I’ve never seen advanced player use this grip. Have them play some games. The point is to emphasize how much the Continental player already uses that grip in the majority of his strokes. Not much would change. He’d just hit under spin and blocked forehands. The Forehand player would have to modify everything but his forehand. Generous amounts of tape could be used to emphasize the inability of the players to change grips.