Body Alignment

Strokes and Technique

Tim Challener
Tim Challener Asked 6 years ago

When preparing to receive and incoming ball should your body point to the incoming ball or intended direction to hit the ball?

 


Alois Rosario
Alois Rosario Answered 6 years ago

Hi Tim,

The body will face towards the ball all the time so as it comes in and also as it goes away.  This is a general direction.

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D K

D K Posted 6 years ago

So that means that when my opponent sends the ball (righthander-righthander) from his wide forehand to my backhand and I want to send it to his backhand corner,I must turn during the stroke?


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 6 years ago

You will do that naturally as the ball is travelling.


D K

D K Posted 6 years ago

Hm?
Then it seems that I do something bad because when I am doing a flat stroke,I need to "petrify" my body in Receiving direction,whereas during spinny strokes I usually petrify my body in deflecting direction.


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