Topspin Against Various Spins and Lengths

how about returning sidespin?

You can sidespin it back or just hit a straight topspin but allow for the sidespin by angling your racket.

thanks a lot for the quick and helpful response. Angling is like in the video? (i.e. racket surface moves towards the floor or ceiling?) 

Yes that is correct.

Thanks again for the fast and helpful response. I am intrigued by a related question which popped up. Following is an attempt to word the question - Can movement of the wrist in a plane parallel to the arm (and hence of the surface of the racket which would move from say horizontal position to a vertical position with the surface facing the wall) provide some help, if any, against sidespin? Other clarification- The movement would be in a plane perpendicular to the previous response.

Best Regards,

jalal

Hi Jalal,

Not really sure of your meaning.  If you can send through a video of what you mean that would be the best.

what bat are they using

We are using the PingSkills Touch with Vega Pro.

What is the ideal distance away from my body while hitting the forehand topspin?

Hi Arnab,

For any hitting think about the position away from the body as the position you would catch a ball when it was thrown to you.  For a stronger topspin, this could be slight further away.

hello 

in one country (iran) we cant access to youtube & some site like it .  Please put a download link of videos for people of one country :) --- thanks ---

i can watch this video hardly but its so hard for normal people . --- sorry but i  dont know english very good! --- & thanks again

Hi,

I want to FH loop against topspin serves but have trouble doing this, often lifting the ball off the table. In general, if I follow upwards with the bat for a normal loop drive, no problem. But when I close the bat face over the ball to prevent it flying off the table, my arm gets more horizontal and I lose control. I think that that if my elbow gets higher than the bat height, I lose control of the shot. It feels wrong too. Maybe the bat should always be either horizontal with respect to the elbow, or slightly higher, for this early timed shot? I have watched Wang Tao's smother-loop style, when he has an almost horizontal arm and takes the ball on the rise from a mm behind the table. I realise he was unique with his shot and that it's probably foolish to try to emulate it. I still can't picture the basic action, though.. is there a safe way of playing a similar shot consistently (say more slowly and further away from the table) without having to be a world champ?

Hi Andrew,

Haven't heard form you for a while.  The stroke can just be a bit more vertical if you are looking for more safety.  Try not to get your elbow above the bat.  Just allow the bat to come through finishing above the elbow level.

Hi Alois,

I forgot to say "I'll be back" (!)

Thanks for your help. Maybe it would also help to start the stroke with both body and bat lower, given that I'm relatively tall. Then an upward follow-through (above elbow) would still finish lower than for a normal loop-drive and the ball might not be lifted off the table. Perhaps Wang Tao's short stature helped him play his on-the-rise FH loop?

Haha, thanks Arnie...

Yes getting down lower will definitely help as well.

hi mr alois

i couldn't see your videos because it was unable to connect.

Hi Alireza,

Are you able to watch YouTube videos? If so it should be OK now.

Good video!! Thank's

Glad you liked it Kathy.

I could not receive the vidio.

What is happening when you try to click on the video Ed?

I think i get what jelal is trying to say. It is effective as long as you give your opponent a spinny ball. as you can't get that speed when your bat more vertically, perpendicular to the table. yes, it is effective against sidespin services, but you do need to add a lot of spin.