Return spinny topspin tomahawk serve
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Topic: Return spinny topspin tomahawk serve
Posted By: pacificspice
Subject: Return spinny topspin tomahawk serve
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 9:56am
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Hi my usatt rating is around 1500 and I need some help on how best to return a spinny topspin tomahawk serve. Most of the times I block it and am able to return it easily against similarly ranked players. However I am playing a player who is around 1900 rated and has a very spinny long tomahawk serve which even when I block flies out of the table. Thanks for your help. |
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Posted By: AndiHL
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 9:59am
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Don't just block sidespin serves. Try a topspin! |
Posted By: mickd
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 10:12am
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These are just some very general points that may be worth thinking about. They work for me, but I'm not very good at knowing what I'm doing, so what I'm saying might not be what I actually end up doing!! Try topspin the ball as it's dropping (so after the peak of the bounce). If a player constantly does long serves, it might be easier for you if you stand a little further back than your usual ready position. Just be prepared to step in a little more. Waiting for it to drop a little helps because the spin on the ball goes down a bit, and since it's lower, the side/topspin won't be as likely to fly off the table (since the ball is already lower). Try topspin the inside or outside of the ball (depending on the direction of the spin) a little to counteract the side spin. You only need to go a bit on the inside or outside and it should be enough. Most the time I think the side spin is what's causing the ball to fly out more so than the topspin. If you're not sure which, just play around with it. You'll figure it out and your body will remember it with time. Good luck!
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Posted By: vanjr
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 11:22am
| If you are right handed and server is also right handed use your backhand. Let the ball curve into your blade and topsin it back. |
Posted By: NextLevel
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 1:22pm
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Reading the amount of spin on the ball is critical. You are just not used to reading the racket head speed and quality of contact on the ball from a higher level player and probably do not close your racket enough to adjust. I get a similar reaction from some players who push my backspin serves and wonder why the push that works against other people isn't working against my serve. It is better to topspin or do a spinny motion of some sort against long serves as using blocking strokes require you to read the spin and compensate perfectly with the angle. And if you can't read the amount of spin your racket will likely be too open or closed to control the ball. Your block likely just needs to be more closed or to adjust more for the sidespin to keep the ball on the table. But like I said accepting the need to adjust to the spin on a serve at a level you don't usually play against us a challenge. That is why coaching tends to help as dealing with a higher quality ball forces you to change. ------------- https://youtu.be/jhO4K_yFhh8?t=115" rel="nofollow - I like putting heavy topspin on the ball... Cybershape Carbon FH/BH: H3P 41D. Lumberjack TT, not for lovers of beautiful strokes. No time to train... |
Posted By: mjamja
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 2:24pm
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Not a long term solution, but a trick to use in the short term. Aim your return at the net tape. If it still goes long aim at the middle of the net. If you eventually start hitting where you are aiming then start aiming for the table. The first time I ever hit with Heavyspin I had to aim at the bottom of the net to block his loops back on the table. Eventually you will just start making the adjustments automatically without having to do the fake aim point thing. One other thing to consider is how the sidespin can add distance to your return. If you are trying to hit the ball back in the direction the sidespin will take it the ball gets a little extra boost from the spin so you need to close racket angle even more than you might think. If you aim the opposite direction the sidespin is going to take the ball, then you do not get the extra jump forward. Mark - I am not a TT coach but I play one on the internet.
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Posted By: sunny
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 2:34pm
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Tomahawk serve can vary in spins, there are four types you can use: 1. Full topspin where the ball is contacted on top of the ball while serving. Ball will jump up when it reaches your side 2. Full side top where ball is contacted on side of the ball this is more of what you will face it will have lot of side spin and top spin. Side spin will make it go out. Normally if the serve lands on the middle of the table you can counter towards backhand or block it towards backhand. Forehand gets little risky as it may go out if spin is higher 3. Side spin/chop - where one can add chop to it and you block it it will go into the net 4. Chop - where action is tomahawk but spin is chop. The serve gets more variation depending upon where the serve lands, on baseline or very short is the best, if it lands in the middle it weakens in its affect. Further complication is where it is served, backhand, middle or forehand, besides short or long. So most important part is understanding what spin was imparted, watch closely and then adjust your stroke. If it is going out shorten your stroke and take it to the other side so it lands on the table. If it is going in the net because of chop in it you know how to handle chop and topspin. Cheers.
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Posted By: LUCKYLOOP
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 2:36pm
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If your having serve return problems just put long pips on your backhand, less thinking for you more for them. |
Posted By: larrytt
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 3:00pm
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Here's my article, http://www.tabletenniscoaching.com/node/877" rel="nofollow - Returning the Tomahawk Serve (or a Lefty Pendulum Serve) . This is more for returning them when they are breaking away on the forehand side. -Larry Hodges
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Posted By: smackman
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 3:43pm
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number 1 is hit the ball to his backhand if he is a right hander, ------------- Ulmo Duality,Donic BlueGrip C2 red max ,Yinhe Super Kim Ox Black NZ table tennis selector, third in the World (plate Doubles)I'm Listed on the ITTF website |
Posted By: GSOM_GSOM11
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 5:18pm
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Close your paddle and play a fast 'thin' loop over the top of the ball. Do it fast with your wrist. Take some risks, at first you will miss, but then you will figure it out. A good reason to learn BH counterlooping 😀 The skill acquired will help you put away a wide variety of balls fed to your bh, either flat or spinny. |
Posted By: Lightzy
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 7:20pm
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Yeah it's a tough one to get right. If they also serve it low to the net especially. I suggest watching dina/bernardette games to see how their opponents return their tomahawks best |
Posted By: liXiao
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 8:12pm
If its flying off the table, close the angle of your blade, that is all. People are making this way more complicated than it needs to be. ------------- Gewo Aruna Hinoki Carbon Gewo Nexxus EL Pro 53 SuperSelect Yinhe Qing |
pacificspice wrote:Posted By: cole_ely
Date Posted: 01/12/2018 at 10:57pm
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Maybe he's not coming forcefully through the shot and is trying to touch block. ------------- Wavestone St with Illumina 1.9r, defender1.7b Please let me know if I can be of assistance. |
Posted By: Lightzy
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 3:35am
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fatt, hah, I felt the same seeing that. It's a shame some people don't believe the veracity of these numbers because of how unappealing they are. My coach a while back was the deputy national champion and he made sure I understand that the right frame of mind is that 50% of all shots in TT, even in the highest levels he played, will be point-enders (either mistakes or winners), and so knowing how to play safely is the most important thing. Just putting the ball on the table first of all is the most important thing. To know how to put the ball on the table when faced with everything from a fast topspin serve, a high underspin ball, a short pendulum that leaves the table sideways close to the net... Just to put the ball on the table weakly and safely. No use of actual power was allowed until this was accomplished satisfactorily. Only using spin to land the ball. |
Posted By: firetack
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 3:38am
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I use Tomahawk serves for about 50% of the time,the returns with the most sucsess seem to be from opponent loopdriving aggressively, tentative pushing fails more often than not ------------- Black Balsa 3.0 fh/tenergy 05 1.9 388d ox |
Posted By: BH-Man
Date Posted: 01/13/2018 at 12:40pm
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Too many possible things going on and the server could be changing things up. A player 4 levels higher than another SHOULD be troubling the receiver on serve, it is natural for that level. One thing the OP could do is make a conscious effort to STEP TO THE BALL and take it off the bounce with a very loose grip at impact and a very short lower arm movement with a tiny wrist. Taking off the bounce will minimize the reaction off the rubber as will the loose grip, this gives the best margin for error, which is mighty this if one takes the ball later passively. When you get that close to the ball, you unconsciously see it better and make adjustments. You may not succeed at first, but what the heck, OP was failing anyway. Making a habit out of stepping to the ball is good, both in serve and in all other areas of shot readiness. ------------- Korea Foreign Table Tennis Club Search for us on Facebook: koreaforeignttc |