looping deep sidespin push

hi haven't posted in a long time and just wondering if anybody ever experience a deep sidespin push after serving a pendulum serve and have difficulties looping it because of the unnatural skid. the guy i played against had no idea how to return my pendulum so he made up his own strokes(its like a backhand serve style, its inconsistent but when it does work i fail to loop it. its annoying really cus i dont want to push it back cus thats like really passive. anyone ever come across this and how do you deal with it?

Just loop it and see what happens. Then make adjustments to your contact point. Usually, you will find it easiest to hit across the ball with a fade or hook loop.

NextLevel wrote: Just loop it and see what happens. Then make adjustments to your contact point. Usually, you will find it easiest to hit across the ball with a fade or hook loop.

You can also let more spin come off tne ball and take it later. Usually, I try my forehand and then my backhand. One of them usually works.

I'm no expert, but I have had a similar issue returning left handed serves.  I would think of it like returning a serve with that spin.  Probably requires a combination of moving to your right a little more than you think you need to and laying your wrist back (which will help hit the left side of the ball as NL suggested).  Here's a Pingskills video.

There's a thread on this within the last 6 months or so. It was about returning sidepin serves, so it's the same idea. Larry gave some really good advice. I can't find it though.

That's it, thanks

APW46 wrote: Don't drive it, lift/brush with a more than open bat face than a loop, to all intents and purposes a 'dummy loop, they will then get all their sidespin back, I do this all the time and you can do it to any sidespin serve if it is long.