Is it possible to attack on sidespin?

Paul Unknown Asked 17 years ago

Hello,
Again I need your advice. With your help I got much closer to my dream of being a "champion of the garage" and now I target players who are considered the top players. The next difficulty that I have to overcome is sidespin. I have followed your advice and use my racket as a rudder to compensate the sidespin and it really worked and helped me to get out of "the worst players in the company" group :). The problem I have here is that it's very passive for the attacking style I'm trying to develop. This also hurts when we play in pairs and my partner is weaker player then me because I should not give chances to attack to the other team, my partner will not be able to return it. Many players here try to be tricky and spin the ball under the table with a sly smile and it makes it difficult to return. If the amount of spin is managable then after my attacks these guys get out of this fancy state pretty quickly. But some players can make very heavy spins and their behavior makes other players mad, it's difficult to win both skill and mental battle. What should I do and pay attention to in order to attack on a side spin? Most of the balls are high enough and bounce only once to attack should be possible.

Thank You,

Alois Rosario Answered 17 years ago

Hi Pavel,

You can think about flicking this ball.  If it is high enough this is possible.  You just need to take note of the sidespin and adjust the angle of your bat sideways like you did for the return of serve.

Take a look at the Lesson on the Forehand Flick.  This will give you the basics of the stroke.

Let us know if you need any other help withit once you have had a look.