Recognizing short balls! So the old saying 'height equals depth'.
So we'll tell players to get the ball of deep, aim high over the net.
So that's always a good
tell, if ball is coming towards you and it's high over the net it's probably
going to be landing deep, if it's low over the net it's probably landing short.
There's another tell you can look for, if you look at the trajectory
of the ball off your opponent's strings, let me show you from the side first.
The ball goes more horizontally off the strings, gravity is going to act
in the ball and it's most likely going to land short.
If the ball Rises off the
strings it's probably going to be high over the net it's probably going to be a
deeper shot.
So if you look from the front the ball is coming like this
towards you, there's a good chance it's going to land short and once again if it's rising
off the strings it's probably to be high over the net and probably going to be a
deep ball.
So what you want to look for is those two tails just try to recognize
the short ball early so then you can move into the court so you can take
advantage of the short ball opportunity!
Here's a rally situation to help you
recognize and anticipate the short ball.
So remember height equals depth so you
want to look at the height of the ball above the net in relation to the depth
of the bounce.
Now the other thing we pointed out was the trajectory of their strings.
So if the ball is at a similar height when it crosses the net as the
contact point then that's hit more on a horizontal trajectory.
If the ball is
above the net and it's higher than the contact point then that ball is hit on
an upward trajectory and most often or not that ball is going to land deep!
But let's take a look at a couple of examples paying attention to the height
of the contact point, the height of the ball above the net and the depth of the shot!
So here we've got the contact point, you can see the balls going on more of a
straight line, it's the similar height above the net and the ball ends up
landing short!
I have got the contact point,
the ball is high over the net upper trajectory and the ball lands deep
Here's another contact point. You'll see it to the similar height above the net
and the ball ends up landing short so that's more of a horizontal trajectory
off the strings again similar height above the net and the balls
landing short!
Right here's a contact point, the ball is much higher above the
net and look at the depth of the shot!
Here's contact, the ball is higher than the
contact point and look at the depth of the shot.
Here you have contact, see how
high the ball is above the net, up trajectory and the ball ends up landing
deep so it's also important to recognize that when the ball is a lot higher over
the net the ball landed deep and when was low over the net it ended up landing
short so maybe good idea to watch this video over again which you want to look
for those things when you are playing to help you to anticipate the short ball
early so you can move into the court and take time away from your opponent!