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Wii Sports Instruction Manual - Tennis
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 by Nick Maunders
I’m going to be re-writing the ‘Wii Sports’ instruction manual in a more user friendly way. This can be also useful for any one who has bought the game second hand and does not have the instruction manual.
This is the Tennis version and here is my manual:
Introduction
Okay you can play the tennis game up to four players and each person has the same control. You must have one wii remote per person, so if you have four wii remotes then you can have four people playing.
Remember swing the remote gently, you don’t need to swing it as hard as you would a tennis racket. Also remember to have the wrist strap on at all times. You don’t want the television broken do you!
Serve
To serve the ball (which you have to do at the beginning) all you need to do is raise the wii remote (flick it up) and then just as the ball is coming down hit the remote. It doesn’t matter which direction whether it’s down, left or right just hit it. To serve the ball extra fast (which is a really good skill to use against hard computer players) you have to whack the ball just as it reaches the height of the throw. Most people say this is about ½ a second from when you threw the ball up.
Strokes
It is very important in the game to master the use of the two most common strokes. Forehand and Backhand. To do a forehand stroke just swing the remote from right to left. Normally when you hit the ball with a forehand it will go left however if you put a spin on the ball or hit it right at the last minute you can also make it go right.
To do a backhand all you have to do is swing the remote from left to right. Again like the forehand stroke the ball will usually go the way you hit it, in this case it will go right. However if you put a spin or hit it at the last minute again then you make it go left.
See below to see the standard picture you get in the instruction manual about the forehand stroke and the backhand stroke.
Spin/Hook/Slice
When you spin the ball you can make it go in the opposite direction and fool your opponent. To master spinning the ball you need to be able to twist your wrist, which hopefully you can do unless you’ve broken your hand or something! When hitting the ball spin your wrist clockwise or anti-clockwise to make the ball change direction. So for example if your hitting the ball to the left and you spin your wrist anti-clockwise then you will make the ball spin and curve to the right which can really wreck havoc on your opponent(s)!
Lob/Smash
To lob the ball and to slice can also affect your opponent quite bad and for me it has often made sure I have won the match. A lob is when the ball goes high and to the back of the court, this move is best used when your opponents are near the front the court by the net. To do a lob just hit the ball softly raising the wii remote up sharply as you hit it. A smash is literally what the name is. You smash the ball towards the ground quickly, this often works without fail and can rarely leave your opponent the chance to get the ball in time. To smash the ball you need to be by the net (prefably the person who is next to the net all the time) and when the ball comes to you quickly move the wii remote sharply at 45º down (either left or right). If you are not sure what 45º is then it is the angle of these two lines: / \ so basically south east or south west.
Angle/Speed
As I said earlier you can make the ball go in any direction you want as long as you hit it at a certain angle. The angle you hit the ball in also effects the speed of the ball. So if you hit the ball early to the left then the ball will go left very quickly. If you hit the ball straight then it will go straight, and if you hit the ball late to the right then it will go left really slowly. Here is a diagram below about the speed and the direction.
I hope that this instruction manual has helped you and if there is anything I’ve missed all something you don’t understand simply add a comment or go into the contact section and email me.
