Todays tip will be on what to do if you hit
a ball that hits the net and dribbles over onto your opponents side of
the net. When this is the case, one of your opponents need to enter deep
into the NVZ and attempt to get the ball back over the net onto your
side. Usually they will do this straight back across into your NVZ. When
they do this your goal is to go right back at the player that entered
into the kitchen hitting the ball into their chest area. You DONT have
to hit it hard at them. Since they entered the NVZ, they must get BOTH
feet out of the kitchen AND ONTO THE COURT SURFACE before they can
volley the ball. That is why you are trying to hit it back at their
chest area so that they HAVE to take the shot as a volley. They usually
are going to violate the NVZ if they try and hit the ball at all.
If you watch this scenerio in open play you will
notice that 80% of the time the player does NOT go back at the opponent
who entered the NVZ. They hit back to their partner. Thus they loose a
great opportunity for and easy point. Again you are not trying to injure
your opponent , just trying to make sure they have to volley the ball
and thus violate the kitchen.
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I
can not tell everyone how much fun i had when the west coast players
where here. I got to play numerous games with them. I want to give a big
thank you to the three host families that housed these top players.
Anita and i hosted Tim and Don. What a treat. Tim is by far and away the
most polite , intelligent, easy to get along with 23 year old i have
ever seen. Both these players have very healthy diets and each year that
Tim has stayed with us, we have adopted more of his eating habits.
Everyone that is leaving us to venture north, have a safe and fun summer.
I
have been able to post onto youtube three videos from the Pro event.
The first is a compilation of the four games with Tim and Billy VS Phil
and Brian. This video has the best action, but is NOT in HD so it is a
little grainy. The second two videos are their first game in its full
length. They are both in HD .
jeff and anita
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