Fast Sidespin Serve

Receiving

Andrew Lauzon
Andrew Lauzon Asked 12 years ago

How to return A fast side spin serve


Jeff Plumb
Member Badge Jeff Plumb Answered 12 years ago

Hi Andrew,

You want to work up to being able to topspin any long serves. If you don't have a consistent forehand yet and are in an important match you can block the ball bat. You need to use your bat like a rudder to counter the sidespin. Try to place the ball to a difficult position for your opponent.

When you are practicing, work on playing a topspin against these types of serves. See if you can get a training partner to serve this to you over and over again so you can improve.


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