Chopping

Bob Van Deusen Asked 7 years ago

Hi! I am a modern defender playing inverted on both sides. I would like to vary the spin I use on my chops and in particular develop a no spin chop (but make it look at though I am hitting a regular chop) to deceive the other player. Any suggestions on how to do this? Should I just try to contact the ball closer to the handle to produce less spin? Thanks!

Alois Rosario Answered 7 years ago

Hi Bob,

Contacting closer to the handle will work but also just flattening out the contact.  Start with your bat in the same position as you would for a heavy backspin and try to change the contact angle and then go back to the initial angle as quickly as possible during the stroke.  This adds deception to the contact.