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The Low Spin: elevating and driving the return with the hips and shoulders.
In the last article, we looked at the Contact Move for the first type of rally return, what I call the Two Foot Pivot. (Click Here.) Now let’s look at the other type: the Low Spin.
By rally return I mean a return in which the player is trying to neutralize the effectiveness of the serve. This often means the serve has forced the returner on time, or jammed him with the ball location.
At most the serve is hit 2-3 adjusting steps away. The returner’s goal is to maintain his court position and get into the point on an even footing.
On the groundstrokes, we have described the Low Spin as an aggressive contact move. But on the return of serve, it is used as a rally move. Why? The difference is where the player makes contact. A return is hit from the corner of the court where you are in a potentially vulnerable court position. So the idea is not to attack but to get into the point on an even footing.
The Low Spin can be hit on either the forehand or backhand side….