Attacking Short Balls
Receiving
Francisco Cespedes Grau Asked 13 years ago
I'm having problem with those balls cause if i see a long ball I want to make a strong attack, but, how I attack this kind of balls?, Should I wait for the ball drop? or hit it at the top of the bounce? If I hit at the top of the bounce it should be a topspin stroke? cause the ball would be still in the table and I have problems doing topspin when the ball is still on the table, is it a more flat contact?
I'm playing in low level and most of players do short half balls serving, cause they dont think of doing short or a fast ball, that's why I want to learn to attack this balls nicely.
Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago
Hi Francisco,
You should try to move forward on this ball. If they are a little higher you can topspin the ball by coming over it. You need to brush over the top of the ball very fast though and have you bat quite closed to generate enough topspin to get it over the net and straight back down on to the table quickly.
If you see that the ball is only going to bounce once then you can wait a little longer and swing up on the ball more with a lower backswing.
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Francisco Cespedes Grau Posted 12 years ago
Thanks for the video answer, i will try to develop my sidespin flick and my forehand topspin over the table with a fast brusing action, which i think i have a good consistency now.
Thanks!
You're welcome Francisco. These are advanced strokes and do take plenty of practice to master.
RJ Roldan Posted 12 years ago
Thankyou :D
Now I Know :D
Hahaha .
Cristh Garrido Posted 12 years ago
Hi Alois and Pingskills
i have a doubt, this stroke is not very risky????
if i move this for the forehand i let the side of backhand empty...and if my opponent can block this ball??? is not safer the flick???or this stroke is 100% effective???
besides when i can make this stroke???with all the short balls???
Thanks
Hi Cristh,
Yes they are risky strokes. You can flick the ball as well. It is a matter of judgement. If the ball is a little higher you can play the forehand over the table. If you have developed a good backhand sidespin flick then that is also an option.
mat huang Posted 12 years ago
Yeah, but thats what table tennis is about. If they make a block then you have to have faast footwork to recover or use the cross step ( i use). I think, the main reason the "pros" use the flick is generally because they dont have enough time to pivot cuz their opponents a generally very good. Forhand is generally much stronger than the backhand cuz you could have the power of the whole body, hips, legs, arm. Nevertheless, some peoples bh could be stronger that their fh
Terry Hoobler Posted 12 years ago
In looking at the video, especially the still depicted on the end of the video, it looks like your opponent would have almost all of the table on your left side to direct a return since your attack is quite fast. Or, do you really have enough time to get back?
Luke Sprice Posted 12 years ago
what if your a opponent has a very fast return on the backhand flick
Justin O'Toole Posted 12 years ago
What happens if theese short balls come over very short, with heavy slice right to left and left to right time and time again as this makes it extemely hard to hit away. This can stop a player totally from attacking. So how do you deal with them so you can hit em away rendering your opponent useless.
Any answers Jeff as i'm sure many players have had this problem.
Haris Ansari Posted 12 years ago
now my game is more effective
elvin tee Posted 11 years ago
If the ball has backspin or topspin, we need to change the angle of bat or not?
divyam tyagi Posted 11 years ago
thanks sir I will try to dovoloup my side spin flick and my top spin thanks from divyam