Receiving
When my racquet touches the ball . It goes outside table . How to recieve it if it is shorter or longer.
Hi Sonia.
The main thing is to angle your racket correctly.
Take a look first at the tutorial on Returning Spin Serves in our Training 101 section.
If the serve is long you can use a topspin stroke but still you will need to compensate slightly for the sidespin by the angle of your racket.
A lot of players will serve to you with heavy backspin. In this video we show you how to return this effectively.
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