How to return serves?

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Julio Torres
Julio Torres Asked 14 years ago

Hey, i have a lot of problems when somebody is constantly changing the effect on his serve, please help me.

Alois Rosario
Member Badge Alois Rosario Answered 14 years ago

Hi Julio,

This is something that will improve with time.  You need to be able to play against as many different types of servers as possible.

You need to understand the basics of spin first.  This is something that we have gone into a lot of detail with on our Receiving Secrets Revealed DVD

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