Hitting the ball with the middle of the racket

Strokes and Technique

Alhaj Siddig
Alhaj Siddig Asked 6 years ago

Hello! When is the ball best hit with the middle of the racket? I notice that a non-spinned ball can be both spinned and oriented using the middle of the racket.

Dr. Siddig Abudafirah

Khartoum 


Alois Rosario
Alois Rosario Answered 6 years ago

Hi Siddig,

We tend to use the middle fo the racket mainly for control and smashes.

For more spin we tend to contact the ball nearer to the leading edge of the racket or the end of the racket if that is moving faster to generate more spin.


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Alhaj Siddig

Alhaj Siddig Posted 6 years ago

Thanks a lot indeed. In fact, I told an advanced beginner who was unable to top-spin the ball properly to use the middle of the racket when hitting it and he sent me a spinned ball on my right which he could then orient to my left. Did he really use the middle of the racket? This needs being verfied.


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 6 years ago

Ah not sure with that one.


Alhaj Siddig

Alhaj Siddig Posted 6 years ago

Last saturday, I tried to see where his racket exactly hits the ball and it is very likely that he uses the middle of the racket yet with some sort of a topspin stroke. I tried myself to use the middle of the racket but I could only send him a spinned ball of a kind of a from-corner-to-corner fade using my wrist.


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