Blocking Banana loop

KEP Unknown Asked 16 years ago

please tell me how to block a banana loop

Alois Rosario Answered 16 years ago

Hi Kongkrit,

You have to have soft hands for a start. Grip the bat lightly.

Allow for the ball to spin a little sideways off your bat. You need to adjust the angle of your bat to point away from where the ball wants to go. If it wants to go to your left angle the bat to the right and vice versa.

Also these banana loops may have a little topspin or sidespin on them as well. You need to adjust the angle of the bat for that as well. If they have a little backspin you need to face your bat up, towards the roof, and vice versa for topspin.

This is a hard one to learn. Try to play against it as much as you can.

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