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Returning challenging serves with spin and speed off the glass.

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🏆 #1 Takeaway - How can I effectively return challenging serves with spin and speed?
Prioritize consistency, adjust court position near the glass based on spin type, prepare your racket early, and anticipate the opponent's serve technique.

What Your Guru Thinks

This lesson offers really practical advice for handling tricky serves you might face. Sandy the coach breaks down how different spins and speeds affect the ball off the side glass. It emphasizes getting your return in consistently, which is often overlooked by players. Understanding where to stand and when to prepare can make a big difference against those difficult serves.

How to Return 5 TOUGH SERVES! | ThePadelSchool.com

Description

Each month on our platform; www.thepadelschool.com, we challenge our members in order to improve their game. This months challenge is around the return from the left hand side and when we asked our members on what they struggle with the most, this is the answers we got;

- How to deal with SIDE SPIN,
- How to deal with SLICE,
- How to deal with a LEFTIE SERVE,
- How to deal with a BACKHAND SERVE from a right hander,
- What to do when returning a FAST SERVE.

In this video, we're going to go through each and every one of the top mentioned struggles and give you our best tips in order for you to master the return game!

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*Chapters*
00:00 Intro
00:21 Objective of the Serve
01:19 Correct Ready Position
02:11 Off the Side Glass
03:01 Side Spin
04:01 The Slice
05:37 Leftie / Backhand Serve
06:49 Advantage as a Returner
08:39 The Speed

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Audience: Beginner
Skill Level:
20%
Primary Shot: return
Play Style: Defensive
Court Position: none

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Keywords

Return of Serve Spin Slice Sidespin Positioning Glass

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