How is a side-underspin short serve returned with a flip?
Table Tennis Match Strategy
Last updated 13 years ago
michael ding Asked 13 years ago
Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago
Hi Michael,
Firstly well done on playing the NATT championships.
Probably the safest way to return a side-underspin serve is to make a short push. When the ball has backspin it becomes a little harder to flick/flip.
It is possible to do, but you need to open the angle of your bat to allow for the underspin. It is really important that you get the ball at the top of the bounce as well. Otherwise the ball will be too low on contact and hard to hit over the net. The flick/flip is a flat stroke so you don't have much margin for error.
For both the push and the flick you do need to adjust the bat angle to allow for the sidespin. Angle the bat away from where the ball wants to go.
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