How to return a long fast backspin serve

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Quy Tran Asked 13 years ago

How to return a serve with fast, long, and back spin ?

Regards,

Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago

Hi QT,

If the serve is long you can topspin it. If it has backspin then use the Forehand Topspin Off Backspin stroke. This will lift the ball over the net and have enough topspin to get the ball on the table.

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