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The Good, the bad
& the ugly
 

The Ugly: When you have exhausted the Good and the Bad racquetball strategies, it is time to pull out the ace in the sleeve. The Ugly Racquetball Strategies serves to frustrate, to annoy, to flummox, and to irritate the opponent enough so that they cough up precious points needed for you to get back to the winner circle.
 

Plain Ugly (Bloomfield)
This Ugly Racquetball Strategy is dedicated to a legendary 1970s racquetball pro, Charles Bloomfield. In his quest to disrupt his opponent’s game and to buy some rest time, Bloomfield would argue with the referee, call all of his time outs in succession, use all the available time between points, tells the peanut gallery long winded stories of his glory days, trash talk to the crowd, referee, opponent, or to anybody that would listen. Generally, most opponents would get irritated, annoyed, and frustrated with these time wasting tactics and start to hit some juicy plums for you to clean up
 

Imaginary Wet Spots
This is a variant of the Plain Ugly strategy. To buy resting time in an extended match, just politely ask for a towel from the referee to wipe down ‘imaginary wet spots’ on the court. This always causes a stir in the opponent and never fails to amuse the gallery fans.
 

BB
The ideal time to use this shot is when your opponent is covering too deep, flatfooted, and slowing down. You wail a shot that would hit the frontwall at over three feet high, hits the backwall on the fly, and carom to the frontwall again without the ball bouncing. This will send your unsuspecting opponent scrambling to deep frontcourt trying to track down a high velocity ugly ‘BB’ shot, with you behind him in cunning coverage, ready to poke an easy pass winner. Simple, sneaky, and ugly all rolled into one shot!
 

Injury Strategy
This ranks as one of the ugliest strategy to date. After applying the Commando Strategy (play like a maniac for the first seven points), take an injury timeout to regroup and rest up. Most opponents will let up just enough for you to snag several precious points to build a winning offensive.

 

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