Left Handed player
Receiving
Raghav Sharma Asked 7 years ago
Hi Alois and Jeff. I wanted to ask you how to return a backhand sidespin serve from a left handed player
Alois Rosario Answered 7 years ago
Hi Raghav,
Think about the direction that the ball is wanting to go. It will want to go off your bat to your left. So you need to angle your bat to face your right more.
Then you can experiment with the type of shot you play. You can try to flick the serve if it has some topspin or push it if it has backspin.
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Rohan Keogh Posted 7 years ago
Is that right Alois? I thought is was the other way around. Won't it move out to my back-hand side (as a right-handed) so when it strikes the bat it will want to jump to my right. Therefore I have to angle my bat to the left (same direction the ball was moving)?
If I'm wrong, it could explain a lot of failed returns for me :)
Ah you are right... I must have been looking in the mirror. The ball will go to you right...
Nigel C Posted 7 years ago
See this is how sneaky left handers maintain an advantage :)
Haha and I thought I got away with it... ?
Rohan Keogh Posted 7 years ago
:)