How to play against a Lefty

• mostly short pendulum serve into his forehand zone->pop up->3rd ball attack
• faster serves of the same type with an all in 3rd ball attack into his backhand with your forehand or backhand
• from time to time long serves down the line to keep him guessing

• stand further to the right
• prepare to make a step forward incase the serve drifts away sideways on your forehand side
• if you see that the sidespin serve double bounces, rip it with a backhand loop or try to control it with a properly angled blade
• if the serve is long and drives away from your forehand, loop it into the opponents deep backhand or down the line, focus on a low trajectory

• lock the opponent on his backhand side with forehand loops, pay attention to hit the mentioned spot a bit left of the middle line and don’t go all in too early, most lefties have solid blocking skills on the backhand
• don’t use extreme angles if you aren’t sure to hit a winner or get a significant advantage – what goes around, comes around
• if he tries to break the pattern: enforce the same placement with every of your shots whether it’s forehand or backhand
• sudden! backhand shots into his long forehand are effective after a long phase of containment
• if he tries to move you into your backhand corner with slightly wandering block try suddenly changing into a backhand loop into his wide forehand or even an inside out loop to prevent that the same happens to you
• if he tries to loop forehand to forehand with you where he uses inside out loops, try cocking your wrist a bit back to cancel the sidespin but loop normally in general
• wrist slightly cocked back if you counterloop inside out loops

raazzz said:

Awesome list! Is there any similar list how to play against a player with long pipe?

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