How to return a fast long topspin serve
Receiving
leonardo gabica Asked 11 years ago
Hi Alois,
Firstly,I am really grateful in your free videos and i have became an intermediate player because of it.
Alois, i am playing with someone that has a really fast long topspin serve, and i find it hard to return, i can sometimes return it but the ball goes really high enough to make the killer smash, so alois, can you give me some information to block this kind of serve :)
Thanks,
Leonardo
Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago
Hi Leonardo,
You can just counterhit it back using the topspin on the ball already. You should try to attack the ball if they serve long topspin.
Once you get the speed and placement you should be able to attack it.
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Gabriel Casado Posted 10 years ago
Dear Alois.
Good Morning.
Im very glad with your training sesions, I have improved a lot.
A lot of player at my level serve with long topsping and I just can block the ball and with good result until now.
But the really thing is that I would like to start to attack the topsping serve.
which is the secret o the work i have to do to be able to hit and not blocking the balls?
Thank you very much in advance.
Gabriel.
Hi Gabriel,
Think about making a topspin on this long serve. Focus on playing the stroke correctly. You don't need to hit the ball to hard to stay with, just get the technique right. If you commit to doing this each time the serve comes long, you will soon improve your return.