Smash

Table Tennis Strokes and Technique

Last updated 11 years ago

Max Weidl

Max Weidl Asked 11 years ago

How do I hit a backhand smash?


Jeff Plumb

Jeff Plumb Answered 11 years ago

Hi Max,

We haven't filmed a video for this shot yet but there is a reason why we haven't. If the ball goes high enough for you to make a backhand smash, you really should skip around and play a forehand smash which is a much safer and more reliable shot.

If you really do need to play a backhand smash, you can think of it as an extension of the backhand counterhit. The difficulty is that if the ball gets up to high it's hard to control with the backhand.


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Max Weidl

Max Weidl Posted 11 years ago

Mostly the ball doesn't get high enough so that I could skip around it, so I just try to do a backhand smash but it never works

 


Jeff Plumb

Jeff Plumb from PingSkills Posted 11 years ago

OK. So if the ball is not high enough to move around and play a forehand, then start off by not trying to smash the ball too hard. Take a look at our lesson on the backhand counterhit and try to use that stroke. See if that works better for you.



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