BurningHalo

Well, you're definitely one of the more involved users, and always start some interesting topics on the forums. It's for a game I want to write one day. I might be able to do art somewhat, but soundtracks are uncharted territory for me pretty much. xD

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Ya always seemed like a very open-minded and chill sort of guy for years I've been on here. Dunno why I haven't talked to you yet~ Are you good at making music by any chance? I might need somebody to fit that role in the future (as a paid job ofc).

Weirdly enough, no! I hadn't tried it in the past because I thought there was no way something like that would help me to keep my balance when making power returns, one day while playing against a friend of mine it just naturally happened and he wasn't able to return it, the way the ball dropped and he couldn't predict it filled me with ego and pride! Then after failing to serve twice in a row I was brought back to earth...

Actually when I make returns while playing I twist my wrist either to the inside or the outside depending on whether the ball is to my right or my left, I'm a right handed guy of course!. Twisting my wrist allows me to return the ball with a bit of effect and drop, so it kind of looks as if it slightly curved when hitting the opponents zone, it doesn't always comes right of course because it requires a big deal of training to pull it off right, many times instead of having a breaking effect it goes straight to them allowing them to return it with a big deal of power behind it. When it does works though, they get caught off guard because they need to shift their body balance a bit to return it, which usually means the ball will have a weak speed and trajectory. Since I was self taught I have issues with balancing myself when I'm about to make a wrist twist with a good deal of power, a solution I found is, by lifting one of my legs I could focus everything on the leg that I would be standing, then, with the lifted leg I would gain momentum, and speed and hit the ball. If you want to imagine it... It's like what pitchers do on baseball when they lift their legs! I get a bunch of weird stares when I do it, but hey! as long as it works!

Ohhhh! it's great to find another fellow Tennis player!!! I played it through most of my second high-school year and third year, played it occasionally on university as well, never joined any type of club so my technique is very unorthodox, sometimes I can actually serve with a good deal of speed behind it however the lack of consistency on the games I play, opponents and other trinkets make it difficult for me to advance my technique, so I rely on a lot of trickery, speed and sharp angles to win sets!. I'm probably the most annoying person a formally taught player could face I suppose! mostly because of how dirty the style must appeal to others...