Smashing pushes

Strokes

xavier maitra Asked 14 years ago

hi alois and jeff sir ,

i want to ask you that how to smash a push ball which height something above net ? to day when i was playing against my oppponent he was smashing all the balls of that height . please tell me how to improve this stroke

Alois Rosario Answered 14 years ago

Hi Xavier,

If the ball is high it is OK to smash the ball with backspin. You need to have some accuracy to make sure the ball gets over the net. You can tilt you blade a little to face slightly towards the roof. You will need to adjust this depending on the amount of backspin on the ball.

The better option is to topspin this ball. This will give you a better margin for error over the net.

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Debo : Posted 14 years ago

You can mix topspin to your smashes, to have less chance to get the net. Perhaps your opponent was also doing that.

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