Last updated on 11-Apr-2012 11:50:50 PM
Hi coach,
I have seen professional players swing their bat across their body instead of a normal follow through. In your videos you have told me not to follow through with the bat across your body. Can you tell me the purpose and advantages of such a follow through on the forehand?
On the backhand topspin against backspin I'm able to topspin only with an open bat face, what should i do to achieve this with a closed bat face?
I can understand hitting the ball parallel to the table at the topmost point to topspin a topspin ball as u have explained in the video countering a slow spinny topspin but i have seen some elite players using an extremely closed bat angle on most of his backhand topspin shots irrespective of the fact that the incoming ball is a block or a topspin. Kreanga,it seems uses a closed bat angle even to lift the backspin balls on his backhand topspin. Is my observation correct? If yes,why do they do so and what's the advantage of it?
Thanks in advance
Hi Rajesh,
For the forehand it is OK if you are playing the ball fast or also when you pivot and play a forehand from the backhand corner you will often see players swing lower.
For the backhand, if you want a closed bat then you need to swing through a lot faster to generate enough lift. The safer option is to open the face of your bat especially when you are learning the stroke as it is difficult to generate enough speed when you are starting out with a stroke.
Hi coach,
Thanks fr the response.Please can u explain the advantages and disadvantages of swinging the bat lower
Hi Alois,
In your initial response you have said that ppl often swing lower while pivoting and playing a forehand from BH corner. I noticed that i do the same i dnt even know why... Perhaps i have unconsciously acquired this quality from watchin elite players play on youtube :). Bt the question is why do i usually have a lower swig from my BH corner
Rajesh,
I have been pondering this one as I don;t have a clear answer in my head. My thought at this stage is that you are hitting the ball faster because you are out of position and need to hit the ball stronger otherwise you will lose the point by being outpositioned on the next ball anyway.
Happy to hear others thoughts on this.
