Backhand flick against heavy chop

umesh bhardwaj Asked 7 years ago

Hi Alois & Jeff,

I am thankful to your advice to keep practicing only SERVE with full focus and I have been doing it religiously for the last five months & owing to it my game as well as confidence level is improved.

Now I request you to guide me for the backhand flick against heavy chop.

Regards,

Umesh

Alois Rosario Answered 7 years ago

Hi Umesh,

I am glad that your game is improving.

The best way to do flick a backspin ball is with the Backhand Sidespin Flick. This will help to lift the ball over the net and counter the backspin on the ball.

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Arjan van Luttikhuizen Posted 7 years ago

Umesh, when you say "heavy chop" what exactly do you mean? How short behind the net is your opponent placing this shot?

umesh bhardwaj Posted 7 years ago

Arjan, heavy chop means, when the ball is short on the table & full of spin and if i try topspin shot , then ball goes in the net. Pl. help.