Long tall slow topspin ball

Alex Loukachine Asked 12 years ago

hi guys. today i was practicing with a player who gave me a lot of tall slow and long spiny balls. i had hard time treating those balls for the spin varied from no spin to a lot of topspin and also they were tall and i hit a lot of racquet edges and in general had hard time with concentrating for each ball. would you please advice on how to go about with such balls. thank you very much. alex

Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago

Hi Alex,

Take a look at this lesson on Counter a Slow Spinny Topspin first. I think this will help.

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