Hi Tom and Dan,
yes this against a player that I play regularly.
he has a strong third ball attack from both sides FH and BH and puts me under pressure with these serves because I have to make a good return otherwise it is a strong attack following up.
I struggle to keep these no spin serves short, and so far what is giving me the best outcome is not to worry too much about the return but prepare for blocking his third ball attack and somehow steal some points when receiving. However I feel this is sometimes hard work.
last time I try to start using side spin on my receive, like a side spin slice, and kind of work, but he is good player and changes the placement to keep me honest.
I do not feel comfortable receiving no spin serves and he knows that and he mixes it up no spin and backspin and placement variation as well as sometimes long fast serves. So that makes it even harder, but the main difficulty is making a good return that makes it a bit uncomfortable when he does those no spin serves.
any other ideas of what I should do?
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