Comments on: How Do You Know That You Hit A Top Spin?

By: williamt

williamt — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:16:48 +0000

Whenever you change your grip (the one appropriate for a top spin stroke) and you execute it well along with all of the steps mentioned above low to high, follow through etc…

By: Kagan Yucel

Kagan Yucel — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:50:04 +0000

I know that I hit top spin If I see the ball rotating around itself from top to bottom.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:57:04 +0000

Thanks for some many cool and thoughtful replies. I will post my ideas tomorrow.

By: Seirr

Seirr — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:17:09 +0000

Most obvious result is when the ball bounce. If it bounce with more power then when it landed, then it is top spin.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:44:57 +0000

You know you have created topspin if your swing was from low to high meeting the ball with a vertical or slightly closed racket face, causing the ball to rotate forward on its horizontal axis…

By: Ed Dolores Jr.

Ed Dolores Jr. — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:00:31 +0000

your follow through ends up much higher than the contact zone.

By: johnf

johnf — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:11:09 +0000

I know I hit topspin when it really feels like it, or when I am intending it and I see it by watching the ball. Sometimes I hit a forehand that sinks in right where I wanted it and which must have had topspin to get there. So in that case its a “feeling” and an “intention” that makes me believe it had topspin.

By: Joe D'alton

Joe D'alton — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:58:37 +0000

You will know from a number of things. Feel of the ball on the racquet, when you hit up and under the ball. Observation of the spin and the flight of the ball in an arc over the net and dipping, and finally the way the ball kicks up on the bounce.
Joe.

By: MaTo

MaTo — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:47:10 +0000

Well… I’ll answer that i know it’s a top spin from the feeling of hitting the ball with the raquet moving upwards relatively with the ball. Of course there’s that, that the ball dips down and then kicks up, however those things can be deceiving if you’re using a raquet and ball both whitch you’ve never used(or seen, or read about) before and hence don’t know anything about them. Also you can’t really say from just the sound because brushing the ball in any direction with the same angle and speed sounds the same. Of course just brushing up doesn’t make it certain that you get top spin since if you’re opponent just hit a huge top spin, if you don’t brush up enough it might be allmost spinless, or even have backspin. That why you really need to feel it to be sure.

By: arun

arun — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:35:29 +0000

When a well hit ball clears the net by 2 feet or more and yet falls in- thats a top spin shot !