Tips for Playing Doubles for Table Tennis (part 2)

 Tips for Playing Doubles Table Tennis

By: Kasmono Monex, a fan of healthy living



Double Serve Return Tips and Tactics
Playing doubles is how we can be good servants for our partners, and vice versa.

We all know that service return is often the key to a winning doubles combination. Because the number of feints decreases when serving, a good receiver can often dominate the point, stopping his opponent from attacking and setting up his own partner's attack. On receiving, we can treat it like returning serve in singles, with some combinations where we have to try to force play to the type of play our partner likes. If you're playing with a good forehand loop that can attack from topspin or backspin, then using mostly cross/diagonal returns will tend to cross your opponent's line of play towards your partner's strong forehand.
Likewise, if your partner is a strong blocker, then you should try to use flicks and loop returns more often than short chops.
If your partner is a little slow on their feet, avoid too many wide angles, which will put their footwork under pressure, and focus more on your returns toward the center of the table.

Also read (part 1): https://kasmonomonex.blogspot.com/2023/02/tips-bermain-ganda-untuk-tenis-meja.html?m=1

Double Rally Tips and Tactics
One of the most important parts of playing doubles is staying away from your partner. Experienced doubles players will know where our partners will be at any given point in time, so we don't bump into each other. Notice where your partner prefers to play from, and over time you will learn to automatically move out of the area your partner prefers to hit the ball. Compactness is key in doubles play.
To be continued part 3....



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