Attacking Short balls with heavy backspin

Hi Alois,

I have a problem with short chops (the ones which would bounce twice on the table). Push or drop shot is not a problem, but I want to attack thes balls. Every time i try to flip with slight topspin the ball is going into the net.

I can easily topsin long chops, which come over the table, but with short balls my topspin fails.

Any suggestions? May I play a smash without spin or hit the ball more on the side of the ball?

Thanks

Jürgen

Hi Jürgen,

You can try opening the face of the blade more to allow for the backspin but your margin for error becomes very small.  In this situation it is better to push the ball back.  The flick off a short backspin ball is not a shot that I would recommend.

You could try the Backhand Sidespin Flick as well but again this is a very advanced stoke.