Opponents hiding service

[dhsalex]

What do you do when your opponent hides their service with their bodies and the umpire wont't do anything?

 

[Tinykin]

Request of the umpire that he summon the referee.

 

[dhsalex]

Ok, i will do next time. I was playing JBL and i lost a match 3-2 because i couldnt see the service. When I told the umpire he said both of your serves are illegal. I didn't argue back because i didnt want to waste time but it really annoyed me

 

[Amayzde]

What I usually do is just continue playing because most players dont hide it good enough to make it really hard to read.

But if I really struggle recieving it I do exactly the same back to them; Hiding the serve
Which works very good for me hehe.

 

[Baal]

What I usually do is just continue playing because most players dont hide it good enough to make it really hard to read.

But if I really struggle recieving it I do exactly the same back to them; Hiding the serve
Which works very good for me hehe.

Exactly. It's what I do too, and since I am from that era, I am very good at it, so if that's the way it's going to be then it's on!!

I agree with the other posts too. Call the referee it is is really a problem, but be careful what you ask for if it turns out your serves are even more illegal. If the umpire says both players are serving illegally he really should call both players, otherwise why is he there?

 

[Rajah*]

What do you do when your opponent hides their service with their bodies and the umpire wont't do anything?

Call the attention of the umpire..it depends on how strict the officiating will be, including tossing the ball with open palm. My advice incase you missed out the contact of ball and racket coz of hidden serves just simple brush the ball and return it to your opponents weak side. You should try to include in your practice 2nd ball attack when receiving.
Bh- banana flick / chiquita, backhand topspins
Fh- fh flick, inside the table mini topspin, fhtopspin return. We only chop the ball or do drop shots when the serve is very short and impossible for us to innitiate an early attack

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[raazzz]

I try to get a new umpire, if that doesn't work I let my opponent taste his own medicine!

 

[Cornel]

If you wanna make some hidden serves, Waldner's trademark serve is a brilliant one, it works very good for me, and I have learned it by myself, without any tutorials.