Top Spin 3 Impressions (XBOX 360) Options

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(IMG:http://www.gamestop.com/common/images/lbox/200439b.jpg) Being totally new to the Top Spin series, I really didn't know what to expect when firing up the XBOX 360 version of Top Spin 3.  After about an hour of play, I have really begun to appreciate the intricacies of this well-made game.  I have to admit that I have no tennis experience whatsoever.  I have watched it on TV in the past, but never played it myself, or played a video game based on it.

(Confession: The "main draw" to me watching tennis in my youth was to stare at tennis Hall of Famer Gabriella Sabatini..the raven-haired Argentinean smokin' hottie who retired in 1996..but I digress...)

Anyway- so let it be said that I'm an extremely casual tennis observer.

The good news is that 2K Sports has a very in-depth training mode that teaches you the fineries of playing the Top Spin 3.  Believe me, that's a good thing, because it also teaches positioning and recovery after a shot, which has trained me not to be the "charge the net" fool I was in my first attempts at exhibition games.  The training mode teaches you how to handle shots (both forehand and backhand), positioning, serves.. you name it.

(Serves are my weakness right now.  I'm very shaky with my placement.  Need more practice.  I also need to work more on post-shot positioning recovery.)

 

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