Effect of pure sidespin against long pimples

bertus bertus Asked 11 years ago

Hi Coaches!

I played a long pimple player and I tryed to figure out what the effect is of a pure sidespin serve when returned (push motion) by long pimples?

Is there in that case any need to lift the ball a little bit? Or can I hit the ball flat on like it's a topspin ball?

Thx!

Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago

Hi Bertus,

You can hit straight through this ball. It will go back with sidespin and a bit of wobble.

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bertus bertus Posted 11 years ago

Thx Alois for the quick answer!

I did hit through the ball with a fairly open bat but the results were diffirent. I think that's due to my serve as it might had some under or topspin in it initialy. I'll stick to the basic no spin and backspin serves when playing pimples! :)