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Or technically, opposite-handed players. I am Right handed. I will write this from a right handed point of view.
I've seen quite a lot about how you should serve long no spin to LP side. This makes sense if they are the same playing hand as you as this will be cross court, faster, and the other player, presumably having LPs on their BH side will give an easy to attack ball. Against the FH side, you can sort of serve anyway you like? short spinny, fast etc, because if they receive fh with the inverted, this is as you would normally expect.
But i've never read anything about playing the opposite. When I watch XX, he almost exclusively serves half long or short backspin pendulum to the forehand side, so that he can get a long push or opening loop from the opponent and then quite comfortable start an attack against the LP with his FH. But why not throw in the 'down the line no spin to pimples'? is this dangerous? or what about starting the serve from the middle of the table and serving long and wide the LP side? I literally have no LP players to practice against so theory and tactics is all I have when I know I'm going against LP in match play.
I've seen quite a lot about how you should serve long no spin to LP side. This makes sense if they are the same playing hand as you as this will be cross court, faster, and the other player, presumably having LPs on their BH side will give an easy to attack ball. Against the FH side, you can sort of serve anyway you like? short spinny, fast etc, because if they receive fh with the inverted, this is as you would normally expect.
But i've never read anything about playing the opposite. When I watch XX, he almost exclusively serves half long or short backspin pendulum to the forehand side, so that he can get a long push or opening loop from the opponent and then quite comfortable start an attack against the LP with his FH. But why not throw in the 'down the line no spin to pimples'? is this dangerous? or what about starting the serve from the middle of the table and serving long and wide the LP side? I literally have no LP players to practice against so theory and tactics is all I have when I know I'm going against LP in match play.