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Đây là Section 10 - Receiving Tactics (Các chiến thuật đỡ giao bóng).
In this session we’re going to talk about tactics. What do you do against different style of players when returning serves?
The first tactic to remember is that off any long serve that is any serve that only bounces one on the table; we should be topspin the ball. That will get us in the attacking position in the rally and give us the best chance to win the point. Now it doesn’t matter if we play against a defender, an attacker, a blocker. Off a long serve our tactic is always the same. Let get in and make a strong topspin attack.
The next tactic to consider is off the short ball. What we want to do here is always play a shot that’s going to be most difficult for your opponent to return. So to find out what your opponent doesn’t like you really got to consider your options. Now you got three basic options. You can push, you can push long or you can flick. Now with all those strokes what you need to focus on is your spin, speed and placement. So vary where you’re placing the ball to. Try going to the forehand, to the middle, to the backhand. Try varying the spin whether you put a little bit of backspin, a lot of backspin and even the speed. So you can go long or you can flick faster. Just vary all those things and try to find what your opponent doesn’t like.
So to help you to get start with your tactics off the short ball, we’re going to make some generalisations. So first we’re going to look at what you should do against an attacking player.
So when I am playing a good attacking player what I like to do off the short ball is keep it short and low back to the attacking players and this make really difficult for them to get their attacks in and that’s their strength. I’m taking away their strength. So I get in and try to keep it short and low and I figure out which side they least prefer and then I go to that side more often.
Another tactic I’ll try against good attacking player is to push the ball long and fast to either of the corners and see which they don’t like or flick the ball wide to the corners. Now what this does, is cut down their times they have to attack because I’m going to flick it quite fast or push it quite fast with a lot of backspin if I push it to make it harder for them to attack and then I need to be ready for the next ball because it’s going to be long so they will attack it but again because I’m playing it long and fast. I’m cutting down their time, hopefully I catch them by surprise and then I’ll be able to counter attack.
So now let’s have a look at some tactics against the defensive chopper. Now against the defensive chopper they’re not going to be looking for attack straight away. So I got a bit more room to work with here. So ideally I want to keep the chopper quite close to the table because then when I get my attack in, he got to get back quickly. So I like to keep the ball short if I can but don’t feel pressured to it. I don’t want to make mistake and lose the point by pushing it to the net. So I got a bit more room to push it long if I want to. But again try to keep the ball short so that they’re close to the table and then when I do make my attack, it’s harder for them.
So now let’s look at the tactics to use against the blocker who doesn’t have a great topspin. So off the short ball, I’m going to mix up playing the ball short or playing heavy backspin. Because if I play a heavy long backspin then I’m going to get the backspin ball back which I can attack and also when I play the short ball that’s just going to stop them getting comfortable. So I’m not really going to flick the ball too much because then that get them in that blocking rally that they’re comfortable with. So instead of trying keep the ball short, or long just mix it up long push or keep the ball short.
Now these are just some generalisations to get you started when you play a match always remember to think of speed, spin and placement. Vary those three things and find out what is most difficult for the opponent you’re playing.
Now I want to talk about tactics against left-handed players. When the left-handed player serving, often they serve a pendulum serve from over on the left hand side of the table. Now this is a different place to serve from, from a normal right-hander. So because you play less left-hander than you do with right hander, it’s going to feel a little bit awkward but the principles are the same. You got to look for what type of spin they’re generating on it and then counter that spin. So really all you need to is probably position yourself slightly different as we talked about in the receiving position and then everything else should be the same. So trying practice again as many left hander as you can, so you get used to play against the serve coming from that angle.
Receiving Tactics:
- Topspin any long ball
- Against an attacker keep the ball short as often as possible. Push the ball long and fast sometimes to cut down their time to attack.
- Against a defensive chopper keep the ball short when possible but don’t feel pressured to do so.
- Against a blocker mix up the short and long push. Don’t flick too much as this gets them into the type of rally they like.
- Think about your speed spin and placement and find out what your opponent finds most difficult.
Đây là Section 10 - Receiving Tactics (Các chiến thuật đỡ giao bóng).
In this session we’re going to talk about tactics. What do you do against different style of players when returning serves?
The first tactic to remember is that off any long serve that is any serve that only bounces one on the table; we should be topspin the ball. That will get us in the attacking position in the rally and give us the best chance to win the point. Now it doesn’t matter if we play against a defender, an attacker, a blocker. Off a long serve our tactic is always the same. Let get in and make a strong topspin attack.
The next tactic to consider is off the short ball. What we want to do here is always play a shot that’s going to be most difficult for your opponent to return. So to find out what your opponent doesn’t like you really got to consider your options. Now you got three basic options. You can push, you can push long or you can flick. Now with all those strokes what you need to focus on is your spin, speed and placement. So vary where you’re placing the ball to. Try going to the forehand, to the middle, to the backhand. Try varying the spin whether you put a little bit of backspin, a lot of backspin and even the speed. So you can go long or you can flick faster. Just vary all those things and try to find what your opponent doesn’t like.
So to help you to get start with your tactics off the short ball, we’re going to make some generalisations. So first we’re going to look at what you should do against an attacking player.
So when I am playing a good attacking player what I like to do off the short ball is keep it short and low back to the attacking players and this make really difficult for them to get their attacks in and that’s their strength. I’m taking away their strength. So I get in and try to keep it short and low and I figure out which side they least prefer and then I go to that side more often.
Another tactic I’ll try against good attacking player is to push the ball long and fast to either of the corners and see which they don’t like or flick the ball wide to the corners. Now what this does, is cut down their times they have to attack because I’m going to flick it quite fast or push it quite fast with a lot of backspin if I push it to make it harder for them to attack and then I need to be ready for the next ball because it’s going to be long so they will attack it but again because I’m playing it long and fast. I’m cutting down their time, hopefully I catch them by surprise and then I’ll be able to counter attack.
So now let’s have a look at some tactics against the defensive chopper. Now against the defensive chopper they’re not going to be looking for attack straight away. So I got a bit more room to work with here. So ideally I want to keep the chopper quite close to the table because then when I get my attack in, he got to get back quickly. So I like to keep the ball short if I can but don’t feel pressured to it. I don’t want to make mistake and lose the point by pushing it to the net. So I got a bit more room to push it long if I want to. But again try to keep the ball short so that they’re close to the table and then when I do make my attack, it’s harder for them.
So now let’s look at the tactics to use against the blocker who doesn’t have a great topspin. So off the short ball, I’m going to mix up playing the ball short or playing heavy backspin. Because if I play a heavy long backspin then I’m going to get the backspin ball back which I can attack and also when I play the short ball that’s just going to stop them getting comfortable. So I’m not really going to flick the ball too much because then that get them in that blocking rally that they’re comfortable with. So instead of trying keep the ball short, or long just mix it up long push or keep the ball short.
Now these are just some generalisations to get you started when you play a match always remember to think of speed, spin and placement. Vary those three things and find out what is most difficult for the opponent you’re playing.
Now I want to talk about tactics against left-handed players. When the left-handed player serving, often they serve a pendulum serve from over on the left hand side of the table. Now this is a different place to serve from, from a normal right-hander. So because you play less left-hander than you do with right hander, it’s going to feel a little bit awkward but the principles are the same. You got to look for what type of spin they’re generating on it and then counter that spin. So really all you need to is probably position yourself slightly different as we talked about in the receiving position and then everything else should be the same. So trying practice again as many left hander as you can, so you get used to play against the serve coming from that angle.
Receiving Tactics:
- Topspin any long ball
- Against an attacker keep the ball short as often as possible. Push the ball long and fast sometimes to cut down their time to attack.
- Against a defensive chopper keep the ball short when possible but don’t feel pressured to do so.
- Against a blocker mix up the short and long push. Don’t flick too much as this gets them into the type of rally they like.
- Think about your speed spin and placement and find out what your opponent finds most difficult.
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