Attack sidespin serve return

Hi all ..

Just a quick beginner question I think .. and would appreciate your thoughts on it ..

When I serve a heavy sidespin backhand serve, and my opponent return ( backhand block or push ! ):

- The ball comes back with heavy sidespin, yes or no? If no, what spin?

- Why is it too difficult to loop that third ball and usually goes to the net? I need to use full power loop ( body movement, arm, feet)! Am I missing something? is not sidespin easier to loop than underspin?

Sometime I think I might be serving a heavy under-side spin and thinking it's a side spin only? is this the case!? I found it not easy to kill that third ball ( return ).

I mainly serve backhand .. but the same case when I do side spin forhand serve ..

any one seeing what I'm doing wrong here?

thank you,
Alqa

if its an inverted rubber with grip usually it comes back with topspin or side topspin when your opponent knows how to return it since he will contact the ball at the top part of the ball because of the sidespin

It depends on what serve you're doing and on what your opponent is doing in response. Are you doing an Ovtcharov-like BH side spin serve or is is a Kong Linghui-like BH side spin serve?

If I block or push that shot, my goal is to keep it low with a bit of underspin and to place it for an awkward shot on your part. One that will go into the net if you try to attack.  My goal is to force a return push which I can loop or a weak loop that I can kill. If I were you, I'd just practice a regular loop, brushing against the crown of the ball at the top of the bounce that you can hit consistently and place where you want it.

dabookerman wrote: vvk1 wrote: It depends on what serve you're doing and on what your opponent is doing in response. Are you doing an Ovtcharov-like BH side spin serve or is is a Kong Linghui-like BH side spin serve? You say you're doing a heavy side-spin BH serve and your opponent is doing a BH block using an inverted rubber.  This means that it is mostly the spin and pace of your serve that carries the ball back to your side. When it comes back to you it will have the "reverse" spin (as if you did a sidespin serve in the opposite direction). You need to be prepared for that.  One way to figure out what to do is to reduce the amount of spin on your serve. Assuming the same return, you'll get back less spin and it should be easier for you to loop. Once you get comfortable with that,  try to increase the spin on your serve again, and repeat. +1 Keep in mind that it can be easy to serve way above your level and so when your opponent returns it to you then you have something that you're not prepared to handle.

Totally agree, I see it myself.


Also, I was doing the same serve with less spin aiming to get an attackable third ball, hitting it was was easier. I need more time on this.

cheers