Angle of the racket to counter backspin serves

Table Tennis Strokes and Technique

Last updated 12 years ago

Rahul Ramesh

Rahul Ramesh Asked 12 years ago

 

Hi Alois,

To counter a backspin serve should I open the racket and loop or close the racket?

 


Jeff Plumb

Jeff Plumb Answered 12 years ago

Hi Rahul,

You can do both. You open the angle of the racket if you want to brush up the back of the ball and hit a slow spinny topspin. You can also close the angle of the racket to play a faster loop. To do this though you need to move your bat through quickly and brush the top of the ball to counter the backspin.

We've added a video response to further explain what we mean. 


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Rahul Ramesh

Rahul Ramesh Posted 12 years ago

is this for all types of serves

Jeff Plumb

Jeff Plumb from PingSkills Posted 12 years ago

Hi Rahul,

We were talking specifically about backspin serves. 


Rahul Ramesh

Rahul Ramesh Posted 12 years ago

is there any way you can play the loop against backspin serve with a closed racket in a video

Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 12 years ago

HI Rahul,

Take a look at the first few point in this video.  You will see Simon at the far end making a topspin against a backspin ball with a very closed angle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwRvmpmnyCo 



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