Hi Alex, yes it was good Thanks. Happy new year to you too!
Ok yes so I know this problem well with players I work with and them finding it more difficult when the opponent drops back and plays a slower deepbspin to them.
You can still stay close to the table and return these shots for sure, but as you said you will need a more closed bat angle and more of a positive follow through. The best way to think about it is that you need to press down over the ball more to stop the spin kicking it off the end of the table. So focus on the feeling of squashing the ball downwards more, and because of the high amounts of spin you can be quite positive and firm with this type of shot. It may take a bit of time getting used to getting the right feeling and timing the ball before it jumps up too high but with practice it will come.
I feel this option is much better than dropping back from the table because really that’s what the opponent wants and it forces you away form your natural game. Let us know how it goes. Cheers, Tom
