Dead balls

Strokes

kerem erboke
kerem erboke Asked 14 years ago

Hi All

How can we cope with dead balls ? how should we hit the ball? What is the angle of the blade to send the ball to the other side

thnx a lot

kerem 


Alois Rosario
Member Badge Alois Rosario Answered 14 years ago

Hi Kerem,

If the ball is short you can use the Forehand Flick.  If the ball is long you can topspin.  Because the ball doesn't have any pace on it you need to generate the pace yourself. Come more forward since there is no backspin to deal with.


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