Receiving fast sidespin serve
Receiving
JOYOTOSH DEY Asked 7 years ago
I am really grateful to your site. Through your lessons now I can receive short spin serves well. But I fumble if someone serves fast sidespin. I tried to block, push or even hitting back a top spin, but I fail. In a game I lose points and eventually lose the game. Please help. I am still not confident with flicks. I am using Yasaka Mark-V on both sides.
Alois Rosario Answered 7 years ago
Hi Joyotosh,
Glad that you are improving your return of short serves.
The faster sidespin serves can be tricky because they can vary between having a little backspin or topspin as well as the sidespin. Watching the contact and flight are key here.
If they are fast and long then use a topspin stroke rather than a flick. Take a look at this tutorial on Returning a Long Sidespin Serve. I think it will help.
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