Hey, yeah these type of players can be really tricky and I can definitely understand finding it hard. It’s also tough because you don’t come up against these types of players that often. So the best ways to try to deal with it is to make sure you don’t play the ball into the pimples with a slower spin that they can punch or block easily, if you have to slow down and control the ball try to play into their forehand side where the normal rubber is. Also forcing them to open up with the pimples against backspin is sometimes effective, but you do need to make sure your pushes are deep and low of course.
I would also really try to mix up your serves and vary your placement in games a lot, playing your strong topspin shots into the body/ crossover can be really effective against these types of players as the tend to get stuck in the backhand side wanting to punch and use the pimples.
Lastly it’s something we can look to add on the Academy in the future, a video on dealing with this specific type of player. Of you have any other questions on this just let me know.
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