Backahnd topspin against backspin of Ma Long
darion888 asked 5 months ago
Hello,
I want to ask a question about the technicality of backhand topspin against backspin of Ma Long, which seems to be quite aggressive. I know that the key is to go low on your legs, drop the bat down and the solid use of legs and hips but the question is, if Ma Long alo uses some wrist in that stroke? If so the question is to what extent? As far as I’m concerned he mainly relies on lower body parts, like being low on your legs and momentum of the hips.
Dan Academy Coach answered 5 months ago
Hey Darion, yeah Ma Long is fantastic at this shot and playing it very aggressive. He does use the wrist and a fair bit but not to early in the shit, he really accelerates the wrist through the contact on the ball to create spin and brush the ball well. But the power and energy in the shot as you said definitely comes from the legs, hips, body and rotation for sure. I do think the wrist is a key part of this shot though still to allow you to generate spin when still playing strong and fast!
Dan 🙂
darion888Ok, thanks for the answer. My problem is that I sometimes use my lower parts of the body correct while executing that stroke but forget the wrist or sometimes I’m to focused on wrist and forget about different things. So I’m not so consistent with the backhand opening :(.
