How to hit the ball down the line
Strokes
Mars De Los Santos Asked 15 years ago
Coach, I'm having problems with changing the direction of my forehand loop, forehand drive and forehand flick. I have no problems doing those to the forehand side and center of my opponent but when it comes to directing the ball to my opponent's backhand side, I simply can't do it. This is with the assumption that both of us are right-handed.
Alois Rosario Answered 15 years ago
Hi JM,
The first thing is to keep your wrist flexible and relaxed.
To change direction to the backhand side, just push your wrist back slightly. You can basically do the same stroke and just with the small change of wrist position you can make the ball go to the other side.
The other thing to change is the hitting position in relation to your body. If you hit the ball from further behind your body it will go a little more to the right. This is for both the topspin and flick.
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Arnab Ghosh Posted 13 years ago
http://youtu.be/JgkIsEjtink
ruben bentancourt Posted 13 years ago
well explained, very clear
Bennett Burke Posted 13 years ago
Is your footwork supposed to be more open for down the line shots or is in the same whether you are hitting down the line or crosscourt?
Mohammad El Hariri Posted 13 years ago
Hi everyone,
Does the same argument apply for the Forehand Block? What about playing a Backhand Block from the Forehand side to get the ball down the line? I think it would be harder to play a Forehand Block from the Backhand side because you'll need to pivot. Am I right?
Thank you.
Ram Sood Posted 13 years ago
kathy mckelvey Posted 7 years ago
Hi Alois and Jeff, I was able to watch the first two videos on lesson 9, although was no video for how to hit the ball down the line!! Thank's