Receive a fast pendulum serve using chop
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vipin pandit Asked 13 years ago
How to receive a fast pendulum serve with back hand push/chop?
Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago
Hi Vipin,
For this you can take a step back from the table and use the Backhand Chop stroke. It is not an easy stroke to play to start with. You still need to understand the type of spin that they have put on the ball.
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