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Originally Posted by TG
that's really good. how long have you been playing for? 5.0 is open level.
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Well, I'm old now... almost 30 already... been playing since grade 10 or so... but only about three years ago did I try to start developing my OHBH. I've always used OHBH, but it had always mainly been slice returns, so I had no attack from my BH wing at all. A few years back, I wanted to be more versatile, so I tried to learn to hit a proper driving OHBH with topspin, but had limited success because I didn't know what I was doing. It wasn't until this year when it finally clicked, after I dedicated myself to practicing it, and all it took was a few focused sessions against the wall. Obviously I'm no Federer, Gasquet, or Wawrinka, but it's getting better and better every session... can handle balls with decent pace, and even get high balls with decent consistency.
Probably my greatest asset is I employ a Michael Chang style of play, where I can cover a lot of court and have good anticipation of where shots are going. I force others to play an extra shot a lot of times.