How to return a sidespin pendulum serve
Receiving
Superman AVENGERS Asked 6 years ago
When my racquet touches the ball . It goes outside table . How to recieve it if it is shorter or longer.
Alois Rosario Answered 6 years ago
Hi Sonia.
The main thing is to angle your racket correctly.
Take a look first at the tutorial on Returning Spin Serves in our Training 101 section.
If the serve is long you can use a topspin stroke but still you will need to compensate slightly for the sidespin by the angle of your racket.
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Understanding Spin
To be able to receive serve effectively, you need to know how the ball will react when it hits your bat with different types of spin. We go into detail to explain this with the use of our disc wheel.
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