How to Return SIDE SPIN Serve's | eBaTT - Tutorial #30

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HOW TO RETURN SIDE SPIN SERVE'S:

Table tennis has one major element that set's it apart from many sports, SPIN. In this sport the ball can rotate over 100 times per second, so as you can imagine, handling that amount of spin is extremely difficult.
In this tutorial, we try to help you by giving you a few tips on how to handle spin and contract oncoming side spin.

Tip no.1
Understanding the contact point and aiming to hit the ball where the opponent initially connects with the ball. Once you see where the opposing player has connected with the ball, your aim is to contact the ball in the same zone/area. This generally will be a position that goes against the spin that's currently on the ball.

Tip 2
Acceleration, it's not enough just going against the spin, you must accelerate just before the point of contact. This gives you control over the oncoming ball and effectively will override the spin currently on the ball. if you do not accelerate, then the spin on the ball will take effect at the point of contact and spin-off your bat in a sideways motion.

Tip 3
You can also use other strokes to return sidespin as you develop and the most effective return would be a flick stroke. but again you will need to pay attention to which sidespin you're receiving. this is in order to direct the ball in the opposite direction of where the spin would like to carry the ball.

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[tungnguyenvan]

Each time I have struggle dealing with sidespin, I watch this video again. It helped me a lot. Thank you guys!

[hsghtravels]

All excellent pointers. An easier way to remember for a right handed server, aim return where the bat head starts. For pendulum serve bat direction R-L, aim to server R. The opposite for reverse pendulum L-R, aim server L. If you miss detecting direction of side spin, aim for center line.

[Ather]

This was a nice demonstration, thank you so much for sharing. I have always struggled with spin and this was very helpful in understanding the basics.

[Shiva-quwp]

Side spin is one of the Trickiest to handle. Well, only issue is watching & understanding which side of Racket hit the ball while Server is Serving is probably the toughest thing to do atleast till Intermediate level. But I liked the last Bonus Tip where he said Bring both Head & the other hand close to the Ball - To Control the Spin of the Ball. That makes lot of sense.

[sveinkthomassen]

Thank you for a good explanation! This issue has been a huge difficulty. And to have time to learn it just by playing games is hard. At work not easy doing repetitive “china” training 🤩

[raymondborror]

Thank you for the coaching. There is one particular player's side-spin serve that I need to receive better.

[markpurcell]

Aim to where the bat came from at the point of contact. That works for sidespin and topspin/backspin. Eg, a chop serve the bat comes from above, so aim up. Topspin the bat comes from below, aim down.

[viniciuskfm]

Guys, the video was great!
One thing I'd like to suggest is to edit/position the camera in order to make it easier for watchers to see the whole sequence. In certain times, it wasn't easy to see the serve and be sure of the spin before the return

[romanjauregi]

Short, clear and very usefull video. Thanks a lot. When i began with tt in 1.982... we were alone learning. No trainers. So that, i apreciate so much that you show us keys to improve our skills. THANK YOU

[keiko]

Thanks for the info hopefully pick my game up . Got a big game this weekend against my friend
Hopefully win this time

[Wally-H]

That's great, thanks. I had a quick lesson from an advanced player the other day and he taught me this same stuff. he said to aim for the opposite side of the table to the direction of the opponent's bat swing. last night I had the chance to put this into practice against a player who was getting cheap points on his spin serves last time I played him. This time, it was a totally different story. he still won but it was much closer and he only won maybe four points on un-returned serves in the four sets we played.

[kevins]

What a amazing video. Eli one thing I would suggest is also have a righty player show the same technique. It confuses low/mid level players like me which I am guessing this video is aimed at. Higher level players already know this probably.

[hongvi]

This videos is for table tennis left-sidespin return. Thanks. It's useful for me

[idrivearttabletennis]

Great video and timely for me. Thanks. Now off to practice!

[kierandaniel]

Very good... I often find myself too passive on replies of serve even though I know what spin is on them...

[juansebastiancaceresramire]

Muy buena explicación, simple y al punto, saludos desde Colombia.

[Angel-jvzv]

Thank you coach!

this is one of things I have to master.

[firstlast-fzrz]

all receiver's point of view, including server's table
1 ball sidespin goes to your left, then aim for it to go to the left table of server.
2 ball sidespin goes to your right, then aim it for it to go to the right table of server.

[sameerahmed]

Elli sir im from india i have watched many lessons and i have learnt alot of tactics from you
Thank you

[MarcelSM]

Another helpful video! Been struggling last few months with receiving sidespin! Will take your tips with me in my next training session.