Hey Rijs, yes those can be difficult to deal with for many players and the best way is definitely to topspin it back because those type of shots come through flat and fast as you said.
To return them well you need to really brush the ball and focus on spin and placement and not worry about speed or power. Quite often players miss this shot because they end up rushing and get tense and tight on the contact. So it’s important to focus on getting a quick recovery and movement into position first before trying to play the ball, then try to stay relaxed and brush the ball, keep your wrist relaxed in the shot too this can really help with getting the spin to fight against a flat shot.
If you can get someone to play these shots at you in training and get used to playing against them that wi help a lot. Let us know how you get on.
Dan 🙂
Answer for Returning a fast but flat long block
