Fitness

Fitness scoring adds “Bonus points” for a players hitting the ball well and the ending of a streak when a ball does not go into the court. Score will only get added when the ball has bounced and has landed in the court. These bonuses stack and are on top of the base score of […]

Common Questions

We’re going to do a quick demonstration of practice modes. In practice modes, you have a number of different options that will help you with your game. The first tool available that you can work with is called the Ball Machine. The Ball Machine offers the ability to continuously launch balls for you to practice your ground strokes and your volleys.

You can choose between having a set of mixed forehand or backhand shots to work with, and this is how it works.

As you can see, the Ball Launcher will continue to just launch balls and we currently have it set to mixed. Over here on the left is a status window that tells you whether the last shot was recorded as being “In” or “Out.”

To adjust the settings for the Ball Launcher, bring up your left hand navigation Pause menu, you’ll have the option of being able to adjust your run settings and whether it is a mixture of mixed, forehand, or backhand shots.

You can adjust your “Physics Difficulty” to reflect the type of play you enjoy.

Configuring the Ball Launcher allows you to change information about how the launcher sends the ball. The “Launcher Distance” determines the velocity of the ball and how far it travels across the court. The “Launcher Height” determines the angle that the ball is launched, and launcher spin determines how much spin is applied to the ball.

You can have a negative value for back spin, or you can have a positive value for top spin.

spin. If you want to try shots at the net, using your left hand, or your nondominant hand, Click the joystick. Now you can try shots at the net.

If you find that the ball is not launching high enough, enter the “Pause menu” as before and select Configure Launcher. Change the launcher height to a higher value.

If you want to simulate what it’s like to have a ball come rocketing past you at the net, increase the launcher distance and reduce the launcher height.

Upon completion, you’ll receive results about your performance. There’s a visualization along the bottom that will tell you which shots were successful. The green lines indicate a successful return, and the gray lines indicate which returns were not successful. You can choose to show the shot types, and it will reflect that in the visualization.

You can also change the shot side to show shots that are forehand or backhand.

here, you can customize the display. You can just display the trajectory lines. You can have the bounce location to show you where they landed, or can have both displayed.

Click “Quit” to exit the Ball Machine.

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