diff --git a/gameplay.js b/gameplay.js
index 670a78c..89917cb 100644
--- a/gameplay.js
+++ b/gameplay.js
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ function trySwing(ch, isAI) {
   if (ball.lastHit === ch.side) return;
   const dx = ball.x - ch.x, dz = ball.z - ch.z;
   if (Math.hypot(dx, dz * 0.8) > reach || ball.y > CONTACT.maxY) return;
-  if (ball.y < CONTACT.minY) return; // below the ankles the ball is past you — no grass-scraping saves
+  if (ball.y < CONTACT.minY && ball.vy <= 0) return; // a DROPPING ball below the ankles is past you — but a rising one is a half-volley, always scoopable
   // quality: how centered in the window the contact lands
   const center = TUNE.swingWindup + win / 2;
   const off = Math.abs(t - center) / (win / 2);
@@ -430,13 +430,14 @@ export function update(dt) {
     else if (Math.abs(assist) > 0.25) P.facing = assist > 0 ? 1 : -1; // hysteresis: small corrections don't flip facing
   }
   if (P.swingT >= 0) {
-    if (G.mode === 'tennis' && ball.active && ball.lastHit === 'O') { // sample the approach for the miss log
+    P.swingT += dt;
+    if (G.mode === 'tennis' && ball.active && ball.lastHit === 'O') { // sample the approach for the miss log (t = what trySwing tests this frame)
       const volley = ball.bounces === 0;
       (G.swingSnaps ||= []).push({ t: P.swingT, d: Math.hypot(ball.x - P.x, (ball.z - P.z) * 0.8), y: ball.y,
         bz: ball.z, bounces: ball.bounces,
         r: TUNE.reach * (volley ? VOLLEY.reach : 1), w: TUNE.swingWindow * (volley ? VOLLEY.window : 1) });
     }
-    P.swingT += dt; trySwing(P, false); // a contact resets swingT to -1 inside trySwing
+    trySwing(P, false); // a contact resets swingT to -1 inside trySwing
     const win = TUNE.swingWindow * (ball.active && ball.bounces === 0 ? VOLLEY.window : 1); // match trySwing's volley window
     if (P.swingT > TUNE.swingWindup + win + 0.02) { P.swingT = -1; if (G.phase === 'rally') swish(); logWhiff(); } // log even if the point ended mid-swing
   }
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 54cddc2..ab2eb08 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ cv.addEventListener('pointerdown', e => {
   const r = cv.getBoundingClientRect();
   const x = (e.clientX - r.left) / r.width * (cv.width / 2);  // logical coords (RES = 2)
   const y = (e.clientY - r.top) / r.height * (cv.height / 2);
+  if (x >= 6 && x <= 138 && y >= 6 && y <= 36) { G.logShow = !G.logShow; return; } // scoreboard tap = miss-log overlay
   const u = proj(7.1, 0, COURT.netZ);
   if (Math.abs(x - u.x) > 16 || y > u.y + 6 || y < u.y - UMP_H * u.s - 8) return;
   const now = performance.now();
diff --git a/render.js b/render.js
index cd6be7a..a509adf 100644
--- a/render.js
+++ b/render.js
@@ -294,5 +294,16 @@ export function render() {
     ctx.font = 'bold 8px monospace'; ctx.fillStyle = '#ff9060';
     ctx.fillText(G.lastMiss.text.toUpperCase(), W / 2, H - 28);
   }
+  if (G.logShow) { // scoreboard tap: recent swing diagnostics, screenshot-friendly
+    const list = G.missLog.slice(-9), lh = 10, top = 40;
+    ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(8,10,16,0.88)'; ctx.fillRect(6, top, W - 12, list.length * lh + 16);
+    ctx.font = 'bold 7px monospace'; ctx.textAlign = 'left';
+    ctx.fillStyle = '#8fa0b8'; ctx.fillText('SWING LOG — tap scoreboard to hide', 10, top + 5);
+    const maxCh = Math.floor((W - 20) / 4.3);
+    list.forEach((e, i) => {
+      ctx.fillStyle = e.result === 'HIT' ? '#7fd07f' : '#ff9060';
+      ctx.fillText((e.at + 's ' + e.result + ' ' + e.reason).slice(0, maxCh), 10, top + 16 + i * lh);
+    });
+  }
   ctx.textAlign = 'left';
 }
diff --git a/state.js b/state.js
index 8275aa1..5768334 100644
--- a/state.js
+++ b/state.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export const G = {
   rallyNear: null,    // closest the incoming ball got this rally (for never-swung passes)
   swung: false,       // player swung at least once this rally — whiff log supersedes PASSED
   lastMiss: null,     // {text, at} — most recent miss reason, drawn on the HUD briefly
+  logShow: false,     // tap the scoreboard to toggle the on-screen miss-log dump
 };
 
 export const other = s => s === 'P' ? 'O' : 'P';