Shoulder height ball

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JOSEPH JUNEAU Asked 13 years ago

What do I do with a no spin ball at the shoulder height? I try to hit it and usually not too good results. Should I wait for it to drop down or try to smash it at its highest point?

Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago

Hi Joseph,

You need to wait ill it gets to your comfortable hitting height. Usually this is around shoulder or head height. If it only goes to shoulder height you can also think about just using a faster topspin.

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Justin Lance Posted 13 years ago

If it's no spin, you can do whatever you want with it.

What I've recently started doing is a backhand chop smash.

Try it out. If you can pull it off, it's an extremely good shot.

Mohammad El Hariri Posted 13 years ago

Hi All,

Coaches,

Because I'm still working on my F/B Counter-hits, I too face a problem with these high balls especially because the starting positions of the Counter-hits are low.

Is it necessary to hit the ball at the peak of it's bounce? Because I tend to wait for the ball to fall into the starting positions of my strokes.

Also, what should I do when the ball is too low when I'm trying to execute the Counter-hits?

Thanks a lot, Mohammad El Hariri.

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 13 years ago
Jone,
The Chop smash is a really risky stroke. When you have the advantage with the high ball the chop smash is an unnecessary risk. You are much better to make a smash or fast topspin.

Daumisx Krugliakovas Posted 13 years ago

i wanted to ask can you desrcibe shortly how the loop or smash (i dont know how it calls) movement should be becouse i miss table becouse i think of wrong movement

Albert Lo Posted 13 years ago

Hi Alois,

When I tried to smash a shoulder height ball which carries heavy backspin, the ball always go to the net. Please help me on hitting such kind of balls. Thanks.

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