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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Spin. . .
. . .But Were Afraid To Ask!
By Larry Hodges, USATT Certified National Coach and member of U.S. Table Tennis Hall of Fame

The biggest difference between a serious table tennis player and a basement player is spin.  Serious players use spin on both their serves and rallying shots, both to control the ball and to force errors from their opponents.  What we are going to do is go over the types, effects and purposes of the various spins, how to create spin, how to read spin, how to handle spin, and how spin actually makes a ball curve in flight.

Coping With Deep, Heavy Pushes
By Carl Danner

While a deep push is generally a weak shot in today's high-level game, some opponents will load up a deep push with heavy underspin.  If you don't (or can't) attack this ball, chances are you will also push it back deep to where your opponent is waiting to attack.  Here are three options for dealing with this sequence without giving up a deep push return to be attacked.

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