Tennis Court Speed
tenniscourtreserve.com
May 12, 2021
The casual tennis fan may not know it, but court speed—how the surface of a court affects the bounce of the ball and its velocity after the bounce—determines the outcome of many tennis matches. Many of the great clay-court (slow-surface) players of the world do very poorly on slick, fast courts. And some great fast-court players never win a major title on clay courts. Good tennis players can adjust to any kind of surface, but it takes time. Following are some ways to adjust your game to both fast and slow courts.