Can I use a racket ball court to practice my tennis forehand and backhand?

Question

I will be using a tennis racket and balls..tennis balls on wooden floor?will i have a problem with the bouncing?

Answer 1

What the first guy who answered this question said was right. A racketball court is a nice place to learn shots.

The problem is that a racketball court is kinda small. You might end up hitting the sides with your racket. Also, if you hit a powerful shot, you might end up damaging the court's walls.

So the bottom line is that a racketball court is a good place to learn volleys and half-volleys. You won't be able to practice your hard groundies inside, but you'll still learn a lot, because the small court will teach you to react faster.

Answer 2

Yes...you can but there are many slight differences obviously. Personally I learned tennis by hitting against my garage door for about 3 years, and I really think it helps, so I think its good that you found a place that will give you lots of strokes to practice.

Problems that may arise----for one a racketball court will be a little small, depending one how good you are already, you might not be able to hit each ball full force because the court will be too small and otherwise the ball might come back at you before it hits the ground (you might be getting some good volley practice as well). This will give you good practice on your control, in order for it not to come back too deep, you will have to control the height and speed you hit it at.

Also because there are side walls that will make you hit some akward shots, but that is ok, it will improve your footwork a lot (which is very important to tennis). I wouldn't be too worried about the floor, yes it will be different bounces but you won't be hitting it too hard, and because you are hitting it against a wall, just getting in position to hit the ball well will be your biggest concern.

Hope that helps

Answer 3

I don't know about an indoor racquetball court but on an outdoor one thats actually a great idea. They do have practice walls at some tennis courts but those generally tend to have a slanted or parabolic wall so the ball ricochets back to better. If the wall doesn't have one you might want to put a piece of tape to mark off where the net would be for your own reference.

My best estimates though is that the laminate wood floor would still work, so long as you're not bashing away as hard as you can, which isn't a good practice objective when you're hitting against the wall anyways.

Hitting against the wall though will build up your reaction time. The wall is like having someone at the net, since the ball haves half the length to travel there and back. Make sure to stay on your toes, in the ready position at all times.

You can also practice your vollies against the wall. Its a really tough drill but if you keep dilligent you'll eventually develop cat like reflexes.

Answer 4

Your local squash/racquetball club might not appreciate it, but most should be fine with it. The ball should still bounce pretty well. Also, squash courts aren't too big, so you won't be able to practice a full swing as the ball will end up getting to the back wall as it gets warmer and you build up pace.

In my opinion the main problem is that it only helps with footwork for hard-courts. You need a different style of footwork for grass or clay. You can't practice sliding on a squash court; any shoe that would allow it would mark the court and get you thrown out.

I think you'll do just as well to hit the ball against a brick wall.