Short block

Shripathi ramakrishnan Asked 12 years ago

Hi Alois and Jeff,

in a rally where i play defense, when i suddenly play a counterspin on my opponents topspin, there is person who manages to play a block that lands twice on the table (or mostly once and a smaller distance of the end).

He uses normal inverted rubber to do this.

How do i attack the ball? if its short I do a "running flick" but if its half long, how do i topspin it as when i try it, it goes off the end of the table.

Thanks.

Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago

Hi Shripathi,

Sounds like that opponent has some good touch.

Try to move in closer to the table and topspin over the table.  Turn your bat over the top of the ball to brush it with topspin and keep the ball down.  The brushing contact will bring the ball onto the table.