Question about serve receive
Gabriel Kozakevych asked 6 days ago
Hi so maybe you can give me a advice here because i got today very angry on my Tournament. So the think Is i am generally a Player that is very good during rallies also during topspin to topspin Exchanges and also generally and the Rally everone Is saying to be me this If he plays against me. But what happend today in the Tournament It was a Tournament from my Club, Players where i usually win against them in the Training all the time they begann to serve differently Like doing Hook Serves and also different Kind of Serves i never got in the Training and against 3 Players where i all the time win against them during Training i just lost in the Tournament because i Made Like around 6 to even more receives for the serve either to high or into the net and i tried to look in every video how to receive Serves normallly and still the ball Pops Up all the time to high and i dont understand how i should Change the Angel for good serve receive Sometime you can Not Attack a serve because this IS what i Most Like to do because the serve IS to Low. And my opponents 3 Players Just won against me because i did Like 6 or more mistakes Düring serve receive and i can Not See this. And also the think Is i live in Israel and i dont know how to chnage the Club because my Trainer he does not understand what i mean i Tell him that we have to train to receive Serves. And he is telling and will come Overtime Düring Match Play but It does not Help because i never learned the fundamentals of Serve receive and No Club taught me this and now i can be the best Player in the world during the Rally and Just lose because i can Not receive Serves normallly. The think Is players they dont do there serves in the Training and they also dont want to practice Serve receive and i dont know maybe this Is a reason i should generally also not Play table tennis anymore
Dan Academy Coach answered 5 days ago
Hey Gabriel, I can understand how you feel because I also have similar problems sometimes, where I feel in rallies and also when I’m serving I feel confident but I struggle a lot more when returning serves and lose a lot of points there. It’s difficult to practice this of course if players don’t do it in training but there are some things that will help you in the long run in matches. Being indecisive when returning serves always causes mistakes, so try to commit to what shot you want to play and stick to it, of course sometimes you might make the wrong decision but in the long run you will start to have better quality returns. I also think being good with your backhand flick can really help because it’s a very flexible shot and you can return basically any serve using this shot.
So I think try to really work on your backhand flick in training and being confident to use it against different serves. Also be sure to watch that the serves you are struggling with aren’t drifting long because then it’s much easier to return them with a topspin attack and get into the rally play. Dan 🙂
Gabriel KozakevychYes i also thought that the backhand flick should be my main strategy when returning serves but Sometimes the opponent makes a very Low for example Hook Serve that comes Long and than No Matter what i do the ball If i Attack comes into the net and If i Push as always It Pops Up to high and opponent Finish the Point immediately. So i can try it but i think for serve Return i would just need practice in the Training but i dont get It and everything that i am doing Well in the Training i am also good at in Matches. But i told my Trainer a Lot of Times my serve receive Is bad but He Is saying It will come over time Just If you play matches. But this will not Help because in Matches you are doing everything robotic only in the Training you can learn a New Skill. So i feel Like that i need a private Trainer that will train with me serve receive or i need to Change the Club
Because to These times where i was able to Backhand flick immediately the serve i also Most of the time won the Point
