[Emre]

Wind changes everything: the toss, the bounce and the flight of the ball. Many players get frustrated and stop adjusting.

• Shorten the toss on windy days to reduce how much it moves
• With the wind behind you, use more topspin to keep the ball in
• Against the wind, you can hit harder and flatter, since the wind slows the ball
• Crosswinds call for bigger safety margins inside the lines

Related: building a game plan for amateurs.

What is your strategy on windy days?

[Emre]

One more idea: move your feet more. Wind makes the ball’s flight less predictable, so small adjustment steps before contact help a lot. Many errors on windy days are footwork errors rather than swing errors.

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