How to deal with balls close to the glass walls.
What Your Guru Thinks
This is very helpful if you struggle with balls that get stuck close to the glass. Sandy covers the key situations where this happens near the side glass and the back glass. He provides several options for how to handle these tricky shots. Understanding these options can help you avoid losing the point from a difficult defensive position.
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This is common with the side glass and the back glass - so here we discuss a couple of ways to deal with these balls!
This video explains how to hit against the back glass: https://youtu.be/ktasv2cpJHk
The key to dealing with this shot is anticipating the situation might occur early and judge the trajectory so that you can decide a good time to take it.
Not mentioned in the video, but try to keep a cool head while playing this shot, having a desperate swipe at the ball will likely not have the best results!
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