Serving against long pips

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Ji-Soo Woo Asked 17 years ago

I was wondering, when you play against LP players, do you adjust your serve (for example, by doing spinless serves)?

Alois Rosario Answered 17 years ago

Hi Ji-Soo,

What I find best is to serve with either no spin or even better backspin. This gives me a topspin return that is easier to attack.

If you try to put too much sidespin on the serves you get a wobbly return that may be hard to deal with.

You still need to think about placement and stopping the LP player from attacking.

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