Sidespin on my backhand

Strokes

Matias Sandoval Asked 14 years ago

I use a shakehand grip and sometimes my backhand takes sidespin. Is this common?

Alois Rosario Answered 14 years ago

Hi Matias,

The reason it will be getting sidespin is because you are not hitting the ball straight on. Make sure the whole of your bat comes through evenly on contact. If the tip of your bat comes through first then it will have sidespin.

As a training method try to experiment with spinning the ball different ways. Even try to get it to spin with the opposite sidespin. By doing this you will start to get a better feel for what your hand and bat are doing.

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