DSSingleCard.com
Walkthrough #1 - Tennis School: Lesson #1 - Basic Moves
1. "It is important to positition yourself well on court to deploy an appropriate attacking and defensive strategy."
2. "We will use the stylus to move around the court. Using the stylus to touch the place on the court, we will mark where we want our player to move. This place will be represented by a mark on the..."
4. "In both easy mode and the first tournaments of career mode, the player automatically returns to the center of the court after every stroke."
5. "Touch the touch screen at the places marked to see how your player moves to them."
Walkthrough #2 - Tennis School: Lesson #2 - The Serve
1. "The serve is an extremely important stroke; a good serve will allow us to unsettle the opponent and to take the initiative during the point."
2. "You can measure both the power of the serve and the placement of the ball at the moment of the serve."
3. "First, choose the place you want to serve from by touching the stylus in the serve area."
4. "Then touch the stylus on the Touch Screen without lifting up the point of the stylus. The power bar will appear. The power bar measures the speed of the serve."
5. "To obtain the fastest possible speed, make the serve when the bar is as full as possible. Then use the stylus to draw a line in the desired direction of the serve. It is very important not to lift the..."
6. "stylus from the screen until this line is drawn."
7. "The ball will follow a direction similar to the drawn line."
8. "Play several serves from different points on the court to practice."
Walkthrough #3 - Tennis School: Lesson #3 - Return A Ball
1. "When the opponent hits the ball, it will be up to us to return the shot. We must consider carefully the type of stroke we want to play and where we want to place the ball. To return a stroke, we have..."
2. "to wait for the opponent to hit it first. From this moment, if we draw a line on the Touch Screen, the game will know that we want to play a stroke. Similar to the serve, it is irrelevant where in the screen..."
3. "we draw the line; only the direction and length of the line are important."
4. "If we draw a line in an upward curve, we will send the ball right to the back of the court." (shown twice)
5. "If the lines are drawn further down, the ball will travel closer to the net." (shown twice)
6. "If we draw the line from right to left, the shot will send the ball to the left side of the court and if we draw the line from left to right, the ball will go to the right side of the court." (shown twice)
7. "The game will automatically select the most appropriate shot and, if necessary, position the player to enable him to play the stroke."
8. "If our player is in a good position, there is more chance that the stroke will be successful; if not, the possibility of playing a good shot will be reduced and this is why it is important to position the..."
9. "player correctly before he takes the shot."
10. "Depending on the player's ability, the area that marks the bounce of the ball will be greater or smaller. This will directly affect the precision of the stroke."
11. "Let's see how you return the balls we are going to send over the net."
Walkthrough #4 - Tennis School: Lesson #4 - The Lob
1. "In tennis, an attacking strategy is to come close to the net so that the player can hit the ball before it bounces and thus wrong-foot his rival. We can use the lob shot to prevent this. This stroke consists of..."
2. "returning the ball high above our opponent and to the back of the court, preventing him from returning the shot. The lop will be useful when we notice that our rival tends to come up to the net."
3. "To perform the shot, we must stroke the +Control Pad upwards or press the X Button (depending on if you are left- or right-handed) at the moment you draw the line. To play an effective lob, we must..."
4. "try to place the ball near the baseline."
5. "Try hitting lobs to this opponent."
Walkthrough #5 - Tennis School: Lesson #5 - Top Spin Stroke
1. "The volley or top spin shot is used as a defensive stroke. This allows the player to apply a special effect to the ball so that, although it travels more slowly, it will be harder to return this type of shot."
2. "To perform a top spin stroke, you must stroke the +Control Pa downward or press the B Button while you are tracing the line with the stylus."
3. "Try hitting these balls using top spin."
Walkthrough #6 - Tennis School: Lesson #6 - The Drop Shot
1. "The drop shot is a stroke where the player hits the ball keeping it very close to the net and with little speed on the shot to prevent the opponent from returning it. It is extremely effective when the..."
2. "opponent is positioned at the baseline."
3. "We must come in close to the net to play an effective drop shot from the back of the court."
4. "To play the stroke, you just have to draw a line from top to bottom when our player is near the net. Avoid playing the drop shot too short, as it may not go over the net."
5. "If we are further away from the net, it is more likely that our player will play a normal stroke instead of a drop shot."
6. "Try hitting drop shots to this opponent."
Walkthrough #7 - Tennis School: Lesson #7 - The Special Stroke
1. "The special stroke is a winning stroke. The ball goes lower and faster than it does with a normal stroke. This stroke is a little more risky. It's more likely that the all will fall outside the court or hit..."
3. "To make the special stroke, we press right on the +Control Pad or the Y Button (depending on whether you are right- or left-handed), while we are drawing the line."
4. "Try to practice this stroke."
Other information available:
If you'd like to contact this website:
Click here
to return to the DSSingleCard.com Rafa Nadal Tennis profile.
Click here
to return to the DSSingleCard.com main page.