Third Ball Attack

ram enjoy2000 Asked 14 years ago

Hi Alois:

I watching the video in which Jeff was talking about third ball attack.  How to develop that skill?  Whether this skill might vary depending on the opponent we play?  Stronger opponents does not give room for a third ball attack.  In such cases, how to go about it?

Regards,
Ram 

Alois Rosario Answered 14 years ago

Hi Ram,

Having an effective third ball attack depends a lot on your ability to set it up with your serves.  The first step is to improve your serves.  Then you need to work hard on making a topspin stroke from anywhere on the table.  You can do this by a series of match drills that focus on this.

Start by practicing a match drill with a short serve and  long push return to your forehand.  Then topspin this ball.  You can then move on to having your partner push the ball to your backhand side and you making a backhand topspin from there.  The third step in this practice would be to get your partner to push the ball back anywhere on the table and you then make either a forehand or backhand topspin.

Practice these drills for a few weeks and you will see the improvement.