Have my opponent back - now what

Atanas Atanasov Asked 12 years ago

Hi Pingskills,

In a match situation I often force my opponent away from the table. Then he gives me a high ball and I start smashing them one after another. But in some time when the ball is deep to my side of the table and I make I weaker smash, my opponent comes closer to table and gives me a lower ball to my my forehand. It's not so low but not very high. So I topspin the ball. But then he gives me the same ball wide into my backhand. I'm unable to make the forehand topspin. That way I try the backhand smash\topspin but very often I miss it. He also adds sidespin sometimes. That makes the ball very hard for me to return.

Nasko

Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago

Hi Nasko,

Try not to do too much with the ball until they give you a shorter ball.  For most of the shots just topspin them to the backhand side so they can't attack back at you and then wait for the shorter ball to attack fast.