Receiving
I am really grateful to your site. Through your lessons now I can receive short spin serves well. But I fumble if someone serves fast sidespin. I tried to block, push or even hitting back a top spin, but I fail. In a game I lose points and eventually lose the game. Please help. I am still not confident with flicks. I am using Yasaka Mark-V on both sides.
Hi Joyotosh,
Glad that you are improving your return of short serves.
The faster sidespin serves can be tricky because they can vary between having a little backspin or topspin as well as the sidespin. Watching the contact and flight are key here.
If they are fast and long then use a topspin stroke rather than a flick. Take a look at this tutorial on Returning a Long Sidespin Serve. I think it will help.
Alois and Jeff commentate on some footage of Alois returning serves and explain his thought process as he gets ready and then executes his return of serve.
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