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9:14 pm
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December 4, 2010
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When playing left handers, would people say its best to play to their forehand to get the return hopefully on your forehand? Just I played a left hander and won more points going to his forehand, as if they were expecting me to play the shuttle to their back hand. Any thoughts please
9:38 pm
March 2, 2010
Offline Hmm, if your oponent is able to adjust his game to your style of play, this won't gain you points. As long as he's not, you can continue to do so. If he is, you will have to adjust your game style, and then I would go for a variety of shots to keep your opponent guessing what your next shot/move will be.
Cheers, ED
5:07 pm
April 15, 2010
Offline I don't think there is a correct way of doing it really. Ideally I would say look to play into your opponents weaknesses as long as it doesn't expose your own.
I recently played a strong left hander in mixed doubles and had more luck pushing flat into his backhand than his forehand. Even though his returns were onto my backhand (which is weaker than my forehand) I was able to do more with the shuttle than he could and ultimately win the game.
It can also matter what hand your mixed doubles partner is. My regular partner is left handed and we get a lot of easy points when people try to play into my backhand as the shuttle goes straight into her forehand hitting zone. So playing into a left handers forehand may bring your right handed partner into the game at the net, which is usually a good thing. 🙂
11:13 pm
February 15, 2011
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There are so many pros and cons and ultimately the answer lies in the quality of returns your opponent is able to play.
If you are playing a slightly weaker player then this could be a good tactic, especially if they unable to clear cross court onto your backhand.
Left handers tend to struggle more with backhand than right handers, although I don't know why. So, as Rob said, the backhand flat push tends to get weaker replies.
A good left hand/right hand combination can be extremely difficult to beat as the concentration needed to process who you are hitting to and which hand they hold their racket takes great focus.
As with any opponent, you test the water and see what they do. If you win a lot of points from the deep forehand then that's brilliant. If they give you problems, then test other areas until you find the weakness – and then exploit it.
Paul
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