Jeff Plumb: Okay, now we are going to talk about the Backhand Push and how to play that stroke, and Alois is going to take us through the main points of that.
Alois Rosario: So following on from our other lessons, from the other strokes, the things that we really focus on are the starting position and the finish position of your bat.
So you can see that Jeff's starting position is in front of his body and the bat is titled up a little bit towards the roof.
The finish position is extending your arm down towards the table and the bat is still facing up towards the roof. You will notice that the angle of Jeff's bat doesn't change at all.
So start position, and through to the finish position. Again, keeping it as simple as you possibly can.
One of the main reasons for the push is to keep the ball nice and low, over the net, and to put the ball into a position that's difficult for your opponent, and try and make it difficult for them to make the attacking stroke.
When you are pushing, you are trying to put a little bit of backspin on the ball. You can vary the amount of backspin while changing the angle of your bat; from very flat, where you will get very little spin, to really coming underneath the ball to get a lot more spin.
By keeping the ball short over the net, you are stopping the other person from attacking you, because the ball is going to bounce two or three times on their side of the table, not allowing them to get a strong swing at the ball.
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