In tennis, what happens if the ball hits the touches the top of the net and continues over to the other side?
If it happens on a serve, and your serve continues on and lands in the correct service box, then it's called a "Let," and you must serve again. <--- Exception: In Men's NCAA Division 1 college tennis, there there are no let serves at all. If a serve hits the net and goes into the service box, the ball is still in play. [Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regulations, Section I. Individual Competition - Singles and Doubles Tournaments, part B, paragraph 12, page 249, of "Friend at Court 2013"] If it happens after the serve, including the return of serve, and, once again, the ball goes over and lands within the correct court of your opponent[s], then the ball is still in play until it bounces a second time, when the point is over. The shot was a "winner" or a "placement." Players often "apologize" by holding up their rackets after hitting such a shot. It's kind of a cheesy way to hit a winner, because if your opponent is back at the baseline, he/she normally has no chance to make a play on it.
In tennis can you hit the ball before it comes to your side?
Yes and no! Technically, hitting the ball when it hasen't crossed over to your side of the net is illegal. You are not allowed to put your racket on the opponents side of the net (until after the ball has already bounced once on your side). If the ball bounced back over to the opponents side, then you can reach over and hit it, but a volley hit from over the net would be illegal. However, I have seen player do this and get away with it without a call so it's definetely possible for players to do this without a penalty. It really depends on how blatent the violation is. In the 2005 US Open semifinals (Lleyton Hewitt vs. Roger Federer), Federer was just barely able to return a powerful shot from Hewitt and the ball was not going to clear the net. However, just to be sure, Hewitt ran up to the net and volleyed the ball (with his racket just over on Federer's side) as it was coming down into the net. Chair umpire Norm Christ called no violation on Hewitt even though replay's (and John McEnroe's commentary) clearly showed Hewitt breaking the rules. But this type of violation would have made no difference in the outcome of that point. Federer would have lost the point anyway, and didn't complain so the umpire chose to let it go.
How can I play table tennis well?
This is coming from a national level table tennis player so listen up.find a good coachfind a good coach that isn’t your mother or fathertrain with thempay $50 an hourkeep on training until you’ve amassed at least 1000 hours playing timeget 5000 hours of playing time and maybe you’ll be on my levelbuy a nice racket (I recommend the Timo Boll ALC with Tenergy 05 for forehand and Tenergy 64 for backhand)practice some more, forehand loops, smashes, chops, backhand loops, short attacks, complex footwork patterns, forehand looping on the backhand side and especially playing against pipspips can be a bitch - don’t respect the person using them unless they look very sheepish and apologetic about itlearn how to serve side spin with some heavy backspin on it as well (yes that does sound impossible but it’s possible)learn how to serve with a 5 metre toss to show offlearn complex backhand attacks like smashing (I really like using that term, a lot, especially since people have no idea what the fck I’m talking about and get the wrong image)at this point you need to buy butterfly table tennis shoes, butterfly everything and a butterfly tablesign up for your first competitionfail your first competition because you only trained for a few hundred hours unlike the 1000 I told you totrain morethen maybe win a few matchesrepeatThis is basically what I did to rise up the rankings in Ontario and Canada and to make the national Hopes (U13) table tennis teamgood luck and if you ever need any more instructionrefer to a chinese video
In Tennis, are you allowed to bounce the ball on your own court when you hit the ball during the serve???
If you mean if it can bounce on your side of the court then into the opponents side like in ping-pong, this is not allowed. This method is only allowed in ping-pong. If you mean if you can 'dribble' (using the term loosely) the ball in court area, and then serve over the net, this is allowed.
Tennis ball hits the line?
I signed on to my old answering account just for you, so you should feel special. The other answers are incorrect. If the ball hits any part of the line, it is considered as "in the court" and is to be played. If the ball is hit out of the court or on a serve, and is played, then it is considered in. You have to call it when the ball lands on your side. If you fail to, then the ball is considered in. However, if you're playing in an official match, such as the US Open, it doesn't matter if you call it because there will be umpires and judges watching for you. They make the calls and you don't have to worry about a thing, except for playing tennis. In addition, in these official matches, you can always challenge an umpire's call with a video replay of where the ball landed. As a matter of fact, in the US Open today, a ball was challenged and landed on the edge of the line and was considered in. So ignore what the other person was telling you about the first half and second half of the line. Thanks. Have fun playing tennis.
How do I play a top spin short in table tennis?
thanks for A2A.Top spin shot can be played under 2 scenarios:1. When you are returning a shot / about to smash : When the ball bounces and comes towards you , position yourself away from the ball. Judge the speed & height of the ball. Make sure you hit the ball in the rythm when its just above the height of the net. Confidently hit a cross-table smash with a flick of the wrist which will generate the top spin onto it. Trying an inside out smash at this moment could fetch you a point at this moment but at very high risk. This skill is to be developed at the national level when you are more confident of the shots.2. While picking the ball from the attacking drop shot : After the opponents drop reach to the ball quickly (here either you can drop or pick the ball depending upon the situation) . If you intend to pick the ball just try to slice the ball on its surface area using the flick of the wrist. After you execute the defensive pick shot recover yourself to defend another incoming. If its a winner enjoy the trajectory of the ball.
If the tennis ball overhangs the line yet first point of ground contact is outside the line, is the ball in or out?
It is a weird thing about tennis. Currently there is no technology to judge an overhanging ball as ‘out.’ Hawkeye will call it ‘in’ since it is comparing the projection of the ball to the court, not the actual ball position. Calls on clay using the mark have a similar issue. Using the marks on hard courts seems to be better, since it indicates where the ball actually touched and not just blew away the dust.It is true that a ball first touches the court at a point, and that a ball, once out, cannot be then judged to still be in play. So if it first touches outside the court and then compresses, merely overhanging the line but not touching (or even touching, for that matter) - it should be out, right? Even the compressed part should be ignored. But, no, Hawkeye and many judges will call that shot ‘in!’ The mark may or may not touch the line, but we know the ball didn’t touch there first.Unfortunately clay court tennis has already screwed things up by allowing the mark to indicate where the ball hit the court by considering the whole mark and not just the center point where the ball first hit. Then Hawkeye allows the projection to be used, an even more egregious situation. It seems nobody is out to find out where the ball actually first landed. A fiction is seems to be maintained that the ball compresses to its whole diameter at the moment of impact, which any fool should know cannot be true.Humans have faulty and slow vision, the ball actually blocks the view of the landing point, marks have issues, Hawkeye is problematic, and the tennis world pretends the clock stops while a ball compresses and bounces. Too many problems to make it possible to get it right every time! Any shot near a line has potential issues with the call! Yes, tennis has a problem and is not really facing up to it.To answer your question: the overhanging ball is in or out depending on the quickness and accuracy of vision of the person or mechanism calling the shot, the biases inherent in the calling philosophy, and luck. If it first landed outside the court, then compressed enough to touch the line, it should be considered out, but is usually judged as in.
What are tennis players called?
*** What are tennis players called? ...... I mean Horseback riders are called equestrians and football players are called by their positions. So are their any fancy names for tennis plays?*** Sometimes, we categorize tennis players by their *favorite style of play.* Or, a player can be a mixture of the descriptions below: Doubles players = tennis players who've chosen to specialize in doubles and leave singles to others. Some tennis players play BOTH singles and doubles. Many professionals seem to have chosen, IMHO, to specialize in one or the other. Baseliners = usually, singles players who stay back behind the baseline, unless they get a really short ball that forces them to come up and volley the ball Aggressive baseliners = same thing, but with more of an emphasis on attacking the ball and trying to hit a forcing shot or a winner from the baseline area Pushers = players who do not normally like to attack the ball, but are very, very good at keeping the ball in play and running all over the court in order to prolong the rally and encourage the opponent to make an error. It is a defensive style, but many players cannot defeat this type of player due to lack of experience, lack of good net play, not being consistent in general, or not good at moving the ball all around the court. Counterpunchers = a player who can use the opponent's speed on the ball and redirect the ball to another part of the court effectively, often hitting a forcing shot or a winner as a result. An attacker or a defensive player can also have this capability in his/her repertoire. Net-rushers, or serve-and-volley players = a player who comes to the net at every opportunity, including following the serve up to the net. These players often do not like to stay back at the baseline because they will frequently make an error. However, once they get up to the net, they can often win the point by putting pressure on the opponent simply by being up close and using good punch-volleying and good overheads [smashes]. All-Court player = this is a player who feels equally comfortable, regardless of whether he/she is at the baseline OR up at the net.