Andy Murray, return of serve. Notice that he doesn't just go from standing there to hopping. He moves in, then split-steps.
Andy Murray, return of serve. Notice that he doesn't just go from standing there to hopping. He moves in, then split-steps.
It's about the landing: IMO the creep is nice but not necessary - you have to stop creeping to hop, so what difference does the creep make other than as a nod to old school baseball?
Remember this is being done by D1 scholarship athletes.
It was being done by me when I was 11 playing basketball. It is being done by youth tennis players. This is not some advanced fielding technique, it's a bunnyhop.
So it's more than just a bunnyhop, it's really the start of everything that happens after the ball is put into play. If our players can't field or throw it properly they better be prepared to hop the ball to the base then.
Ah - I found the troll.
I suppose I could very easily point out that no one here made any sort of claim that the hop was the only skill needed to field the ball, but explaining the obvious to a troll never seems to work.
Ah - I found the troll.
I suppose I could very easily point out that no one here made any sort of claim that the hop was the only skill needed to field the ball, but explaining the obvious to a troll never seems to work.
I agree more with you than I do with Stimer, but I appreciated Stimer's thoughts and find your use of the word "troll" to be highly inappropriate.