Receiving pendulum serve
Receiving
Grenville Pereira Asked 11 years ago
Hi Alois / Jeff
I need help in receiving pendulum serve from a right hander. as I am a left hander the serve goes across to my forehand.
It has heavy side spin and the ball spins off my bat. I am not sure on the amount of topspin or down spin on the ball.
The serve is sometimes short and sometimes long but mostly served cross court to my forehand. What can I do to be consistent to receive variations of these pendulum serves.
Thanks
Regards
Grenville
Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago
Hi Grenville,
One of the keys I find with this return is to get close to the ball. I find the trigger of getting my nose close to the ball helps me. From there I have better control.
Next it is a matter of watching the ball all the way and following the bounce and spin. This like any other return of serve requires experience of those serves. Get someone to serve this serve repeatedly at you for as long os possible.
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Grenville Pereira Posted 11 years ago
Hi Alois
Thanks for the points you mentioned. I too felt that I was reaching out and did not have control. I will keep this in mind while receiving this serve to move closer to the ball.
Also another point was that when I topspin the ball goes over the table or the side spin from the serve tends to affect my shot . How do I avoid this .
Thanks
Regards
grenville
Hi Grenville,
Yes give the getting closer a try and let me know. As for the going off the end and side this is a matter of reading the spin on the serve. Learn with each return you make and watch to see what happens. Build up that database of information that we talk about.