Sentences with word «topspin»

He smacks the ball hard, and it pops four feet in the air and bounces with topspin onto the couch.

Outside of the tournaments are matches that involve beating and taking a player's ability such as Sampras's volleying, Murray's topspin backhand or Roddick's serve, for example, (you'll definitely be wanting that last one).

For instance, swinging from low to high and following through with the shoulder will create a cross court, topspin forehand, whereas striking from high to low generates a low bouncing slice to get yourself back in position.

He kept Rusedski, a 1997 U.S. Open finalist, off - balance with a parade of topspins and slices and finished him off 6 - 3, 6 - 7 (15 - 17), 7 - 6 (7 - 4), 6 - 4.

In addition, the researchers determined that «the optimally hit curveball will travel farther than both the fastball and knuckleball, because of beneficial topspin on the pitched curve ball that is enhanced during impact with the bat.»

The unique topspin action causes the UltraRing to erratically bounce, zigzag, and hop on the ground for engaging action.

On prime of primary actions like topspin, slices, and lobs, Mario Tennis Aces introduces new Zone Shots.

This phenomenon was first described by Isaac Newton, who noticed that in tennis, topspin causes a ball to dip, while backspin flattens out its trajectory.

The match took place amid an atmosphere worthy of a World Cup soccer game — the crowd was overwhelmingly pro Jo — and Tsonga sustained his impossibly high level of play, winning the first set with a running topspin lob that was so good it was almost silly.

The next day The New York Times said she had played «an almost flawless 23 - minute first set that resembled John McEnroe attacking Bjorn Borg's baseline topspin game.»

Blocking Orlowski's heavy topspin with what Swedish players call his «windshield wiper» style — he stands close to the table, using the same side of his paddle for both forehand and backhand shots — Boggan catches Orlowski at 15 - all.

She practiced on this course for weeks to learn to put enough topspin on the ball to keep her drives low, especially at the turn, where the fairways run along the shoreline.

A curveball in baseball is another example from sports: A pitcher throws the ball with especially tight topspin, or sidespin rotation, and the ball curves in the direction of the spin.

Friction may act differently, though, if the ball has excessive topspin, or forward rotation of the ball.

After all, we don't want our shaky, caffeine - addled hands compromising our precious topspin.

The expert controls allow you to set topspin or backspin on the ball, allowing for a lot more control over where the ball rolls once it lands; however, if you've never done it before, it can take a little practice getting all the timing and coordination down.

Even give it a little topspin.

Flat Shots, Strong Topspins, and Strong Slices give 3 points while Smashes, Lobs, and Drop Shots give 5 points.

A curveball, thrown with topspin, creates a higher pressure zone on top of the ball, which deflects the ball downward in flight.

On high of fundamental actions like topspin, slices, and lobs, Mario Tennis Aces introduces new Zone Shots.

The topspin was bouncing higher and the slice was bouncing lower, and I never made another error.

Under Richards» supervision Martina has overhauled her game, shot by shot, adding a topspin backhand to her slice, whipping her forehand volley into shape («I was swinging at it like a ground stroke,» she says) and changing her serve to make it more effective.

But on the next point Orlowski, a Czechoslovakian and a former European champion, fires up the fans with a topspin forehand that finds the open crosscourt corner.

Is it possible for a tennis ball that is «heavy» with topspin — like those hit by Rafael Nadal — to increase its forward velocity after it hits the ground?

For a ball with topspin, which is the reverse of underspin, the bottom of the ball will be moving at Vcm - Vt..

Therefore, if the topspin is large enough so that 2πRF is greater than Vcm, the horizontal component of the ball's velocity will increase after the bounce.

Every slice, topspin, flat shot, and degree of speed started registering completely naturally as I am used to hitting on the real court.

The game gives you quite a few different shot variations to choose from, which includes: topspin, slice, lob, flat, and drop shots.

Set out on a journey to greatness and test your topspin in this role - playing sports adventure.

Use the control pad to move your character around, and use the touch pad to select what kind of shot you want to use (lob, drop, power, topspin, flat, or regular).