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and Alois Rosario said...

Hi Raghu,

The main thing if the serve has backspin is to be able to lift the ball.  You can do this by making a push stroke and brushing under the ball allowing the angle of your bat to get the ball up and over the net.

If the serve comes long you can use a topspin stroke to lift it over.  You just need to make the stroke more vertical to allow for the chop.