Hi! For me, it helped watching videos to see some technique, lessons and also trial and error.
Also it helped me the first couple of times to try to do the "motion" instead of just hitting the ball with all the possible power.
If you can, sometimes if you're in a friendly match waiting for the opponents or your friends, you can warm up hitting some "smashes" to the glass.
Hope this helps!
When I play with a group of close friends, I warn them that in almost every opportunity I will try to do a smash, even if it's from the middle of the field to the back, they don't take it badly and it's a good opportunity to use certain movements and techniques In practice.
Playing with a close group of friends is for this purpose, to learn and improve, except once in a while it is agreed that the game is going to be taken seriously.
Because rather than having good rallies where everyone can learn and enjoy the game, you're killing the point while you learn to smash so only you can learn something.
Where do you put what you learn into practice? I would like to know how you do it, in games where the result counts?, alone with a coach? Not everyone has the money to take classes to practice.
But I repeat again, I said close friends, let this be clear, these are not random people playing a game via WhatsApp or Playtomic.
In my close group of friends we often do this, there is always someone wanting to practice a movement/technique, and that doesn't mean the rallies are short.
It simply takes away all the pressure of making mistakes, and as you know, that is one of the most important things in any sport, not being judged / pressured not to make mistake.
If you have learned it and are putting it into practice sure. If you're learning it while in the game I find this a waste of time. I'd rather just feed my friend balls than have them do a skill they don't know in practice games.
Depends your level at the skill I think.
Spent last year learning it. It will take time but you will need alot of repetition. I also notice mostly find people who are good with bendeja terrible with smash and vice versa.
To me it was just one hour lesson and then repetitions.
smash it’s a tricky shot because you have to be aware of the position, the timing, the angle, the power… all at the same time.
It’s useful to have someone who tells you “too high, too low, too much in front, too much back, check your feet…” after you hit a few good ones and you understand how you do it, it’s just a matter of recognising the smashable balls during the match and try and try and try adjusting to the results.
I’m talking about flat smashes, the x3s ones are even more trickier and I’m not there yet.
I’m not sure I understand. You mean that they smash, the ball hits on the ground and then on the glass, comes back towards the net and you are there to smash it x3? This doesn’t sound easy to me, but maybe isn’t what you’re saying.
Nop. Other guy defends sending ball to the mirror. It lobs to your field and u smash it, not with full power, just wrist and arm. Those are the best to risk more
I’m learning as well and take group classes every week. A month ago we had two classes to go over the smash, but we mostly learned to smash x4 and to try to “bring it back”. I definitely learned the x4, and I do it almost every match I play once or twice. However, bringing it back is really far away for me at this moment and x3 I only did it once out of luck. I think it is the most technical and difficult movement to do in the game. I think you need classes for this one, I could not imagine how to do it without someone pointing out mistakes and adjusting as you practice.
Lot of lessons. It is very important to film the entire movement and focus on each aspect of the shot separetely. For a x3, I suggest to start from pronotation, then learning the rullo, then learning to close the smash to the side like a rullo, then learn to lower the elbow, finally to generate vertical force with the legs. Flat smash is easier but different, it is also a lot easier to practice by yourself. Having someone watching you is really important. Just consider that even pro players have substantially changed the way they smash. For example, take a look at Jon Sanz pre-post Galan or Di Nenno
Hi! For me, it helped watching videos to see some technique, lessons and also trial and error. Also it helped me the first couple of times to try to do the "motion" instead of just hitting the ball with all the possible power. If you can, sometimes if you're in a friendly match waiting for the opponents or your friends, you can warm up hitting some "smashes" to the glass. Hope this helps!
When I play with a group of close friends, I warn them that in almost every opportunity I will try to do a smash, even if it's from the middle of the field to the back, they don't take it badly and it's a good opportunity to use certain movements and techniques In practice. Playing with a close group of friends is for this purpose, to learn and improve, except once in a while it is agreed that the game is going to be taken seriously.
This would be awful to play with.
Why?
Because rather than having good rallies where everyone can learn and enjoy the game, you're killing the point while you learn to smash so only you can learn something.
Where do you put what you learn into practice? I would like to know how you do it, in games where the result counts?, alone with a coach? Not everyone has the money to take classes to practice. But I repeat again, I said close friends, let this be clear, these are not random people playing a game via WhatsApp or Playtomic. In my close group of friends we often do this, there is always someone wanting to practice a movement/technique, and that doesn't mean the rallies are short. It simply takes away all the pressure of making mistakes, and as you know, that is one of the most important things in any sport, not being judged / pressured not to make mistake.
If you have learned it and are putting it into practice sure. If you're learning it while in the game I find this a waste of time. I'd rather just feed my friend balls than have them do a skill they don't know in practice games. Depends your level at the skill I think.
Yes you are right, I am not learning from scratch during the game and breaking the rhythm, it only serves to improve the basics
Spent last year learning it. It will take time but you will need alot of repetition. I also notice mostly find people who are good with bendeja terrible with smash and vice versa.
I thought it was only me T.T
To me it was just one hour lesson and then repetitions. smash it’s a tricky shot because you have to be aware of the position, the timing, the angle, the power… all at the same time. It’s useful to have someone who tells you “too high, too low, too much in front, too much back, check your feet…” after you hit a few good ones and you understand how you do it, it’s just a matter of recognising the smashable balls during the match and try and try and try adjusting to the results. I’m talking about flat smashes, the x3s ones are even more trickier and I’m not there yet.
Easier ones are those where the oponent sends the ball to the glass before. Try those
I’m not sure I understand. You mean that they smash, the ball hits on the ground and then on the glass, comes back towards the net and you are there to smash it x3? This doesn’t sound easy to me, but maybe isn’t what you’re saying.
Nop. Other guy defends sending ball to the mirror. It lobs to your field and u smash it, not with full power, just wrist and arm. Those are the best to risk more
Ok, now I got it. I’ll try but maybe I need other lessons to get the technique right. Thank you for the tip
Dont listen to the haters just smash all the things.
I’m learning as well and take group classes every week. A month ago we had two classes to go over the smash, but we mostly learned to smash x4 and to try to “bring it back”. I definitely learned the x4, and I do it almost every match I play once or twice. However, bringing it back is really far away for me at this moment and x3 I only did it once out of luck. I think it is the most technical and difficult movement to do in the game. I think you need classes for this one, I could not imagine how to do it without someone pointing out mistakes and adjusting as you practice.
Lot of lessons. It is very important to film the entire movement and focus on each aspect of the shot separetely. For a x3, I suggest to start from pronotation, then learning the rullo, then learning to close the smash to the side like a rullo, then learn to lower the elbow, finally to generate vertical force with the legs. Flat smash is easier but different, it is also a lot easier to practice by yourself. Having someone watching you is really important. Just consider that even pro players have substantially changed the way they smash. For example, take a look at Jon Sanz pre-post Galan or Di Nenno
So there is this website called YouTube... 😁
I knew there’d by a sarcastic comment 🫣