Sep 27 2011, 01:54 PM
QUOTE(Dark_Angel85 @ Sep 27 2011, 01:44 PM)
a pusher means that person doesn't kill the ball and feeds off your errors. If a person can rally back and kill you, I don't think that's a pusher even though he hits a lot of dinky shots.
A pusher would mean that even when it's clearly a kill ball, he still dinks the ball back waiting for you to commit the error. A person who can dink and kill balls is not a pusher. He's just good at effing your game up.
Placement and patience is important. DO not feel obligated to kill the ball because you know he's not going to hit a darn good shot back anyway. Make sure you're 100% good for the kill and then hit the winner. If that doesn't work and he gets the ball back, then you'll have to wait for another opening again. I saw a video in FYB once saying that we should take the ball early since pushers don't whack the balls and dinky shots can be taken slightly earlier. However, for lesser players, taking the ball earlier can be a game ending error-stricken problem.
Rally it out with them first, get an opener and make the kill, he hits it back, then play it out first. Never get impatient. I recently played against one such player in the Sabah Games. He was extremely good in hitting lobs and covering the back court. Towards the middle of the 1st set, I dropped the balls, hit the ball with less pace (i don't mind cause he's just gonna slice it back anyway, so I don't fear him killing me), and make sure that I go for the kill only when he's really off balanced. Being a good retriever, he does get back some 'what I thought were point ending shots' and I just had to keep the rally going until there was another opening.
Reduce pace, placing is top priority and PATIENCE will win the game.
Try not to follow and hit dink shots cause that is HIS GAME. Just hit with less pace to avoid unforced errors. Don't end up dinking shots too.
Excellent solution.....bravo bro!A pusher would mean that even when it's clearly a kill ball, he still dinks the ball back waiting for you to commit the error. A person who can dink and kill balls is not a pusher. He's just good at effing your game up.
Placement and patience is important. DO not feel obligated to kill the ball because you know he's not going to hit a darn good shot back anyway. Make sure you're 100% good for the kill and then hit the winner. If that doesn't work and he gets the ball back, then you'll have to wait for another opening again. I saw a video in FYB once saying that we should take the ball early since pushers don't whack the balls and dinky shots can be taken slightly earlier. However, for lesser players, taking the ball earlier can be a game ending error-stricken problem.
Rally it out with them first, get an opener and make the kill, he hits it back, then play it out first. Never get impatient. I recently played against one such player in the Sabah Games. He was extremely good in hitting lobs and covering the back court. Towards the middle of the 1st set, I dropped the balls, hit the ball with less pace (i don't mind cause he's just gonna slice it back anyway, so I don't fear him killing me), and make sure that I go for the kill only when he's really off balanced. Being a good retriever, he does get back some 'what I thought were point ending shots' and I just had to keep the rally going until there was another opening.
Reduce pace, placing is top priority and PATIENCE will win the game.
Try not to follow and hit dink shots cause that is HIS GAME. Just hit with less pace to avoid unforced errors. Don't end up dinking shots too.
btw, can i attend this?
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