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ABC
' s of Drive Serve Return
Point B : Front wall
contact
MM’s reading of the physics variables at point A has yield the
ball’s approximate initial velocity, height and possible spin variations. At
point B, MM will read where the ball contact the frontwall.
MM uses an imaginary vertical line and split the frontwall
down the middle. MM uses this imaginary vertical line as a reference to read the
ball’s path off the frontwall:
If the ball contacts the front wall to the right of the
imaginary vertical line (ITL) towards the right sidewall, the MM needs to read
and determine if the ball’s angle is sufficient enough for a corner drive. MM
knows that even if the angle is correct for a corner drive, if the ball contacts
the front wall high, the ball would most likely hit the left sidewall the and/or
the backwall and comm. off as a setup. Of course, if the ball’s angle is far
enough towards the right sidewall, the ball may bounce deep in the left corner
and wallpaper out, Yikes! Or it may be a disguised left z-drive after all!
Of course, the opposite is true also. If the ball is hitting
the frontwall towards the left sidewall, then MM can anticipate a right z-drive,
a left sidewall jam or a wrap from left to right.
If the ball is contacted low (< 1ft), MM has to get into a
lower stance to get to the ball’s contacted higher (> 1ft), MM can anticipate a
backwall setup, but he can’t tell yet until he reads the ball’s path at point B,
C, D and possibly F. Another important
read for MM is ‘Did Dan contact the ball on the way up or on the ball’s
descent.’ If Dan contacts the ball on its upward trajectory, then most likely,
the ball will stay up as a setup.
Point C4
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