How to deal with backspin and no spin serves
Receiving
Nathan S Asked 12 years ago
Hi Alois,
i watched your video about the service variations. Is there a way to deal with those serves? How do you read the spin?
Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago
Hi Nathan,
We have a series of lessons on reading spin and dealing with it in our Receiving Secrets lessons.
This is a critical area of the game and one that takes a lot of instruction. However once yo understand the principles you will be able to learn how to deal with any types of spin.
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