can drive a rush back pass the opponent after serving?

The first person I saw doing that was Anu Chopra at the Crystal City Open. We were very impressed!

Right now only two or three people in our club can do that, but like Anu, they do forehand serves from the center of the court (like in singles).

Anyone capable of driving a rush back from the T? Pros aside, that is.

consistently? ... no
every now and then? :D

getting better at it... the more I think about the placement of my serve and what returns it will likely yield, the better off I will be!
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Anu is a very smart player. there are two reasons why he could do it. firstly, he has the stroke to perform it. but more important, he is able to tell that his opponent is about to execute a certain stroke. sometimes he would be there before you even notice it. if you do a certain reply once or twice, he can learn it right away and will do the appropriate reply...

Sorry but what is a "rush back pass"?:confused:

Same question!!

can't understand what you're talking about! :confused:

Thanks Seven.

Was worried it was something that only I couldn't understand....:o

I think what he means is when you serve short & the receiver attacks your serve.
You then pick up that push on the T & drive it it into a corner or something.

Need to keep your racquet up & have fast reactions & a fair bit of luck I find.

It should have been "drive a rush back past"... not "pass". Correct use of word
forms makes a lot of difference as you all have highlighted here.

Well, I'm still not sure I understand correctly, do you mean the server anticipating opponent's return and intercepting it to do a kill or a fast drive?

i think what he meant was, the server serves short. the receiver rush to kill off the service, the server then drives back the rush shot thus nullifying the rush return...

Sorry for using the wrong word. Thanks nSmash.

And thanks to kwun for explaining what I meant.

I try this kind of stunt whenever my anticipation works, but my reply to the rush usually reaches the middle of my opponent's court, and the partner of the receiver can pick that up easily.

ok!

I sometimes do that, but it's not very good as you're never sure to hit a good shot... (in my case at least! :rolleyes: )
I think the best thing is to let your partner play the shot, which means he must be standing close enough to you of course...

I usually let my partner take the rush too.

But I saw Anu used such a tactic to devasting effect at the Crystal City Open last year, against an agressive pair from Toronto (if I remember correctly).

Didn't work too well when Anu used it in the final against the Lai brothers from Boston though...

If the rush is not aggressive enough and within reach, I can often drive it
diagonally back to behind the receiver's head and his partner will be scrambling
to get it. Otherwise, I will just crouch down low so that my partner will have a
clearer view of the oncoming shuttle.

I can do it more frequently now. I think I can count on doing it at least once during the course of a match. The only thing is that sometimes, if i don't push it past the opponent far enough, they'll pick it up. And then, since i've blocked the return (and if my partner was expecting to get it) he/she is out of place and sometimes will get burned on the next shot.

yeeha, go Lai brothers! I always end up playing them if I enter a tournament, one is sure to be in my half of the draw:-)

its easy to do if u know where they will put it, but its hard to anticipate it

Depends how you serve as well. Some people play the same reply when the serve reches them in a certain angle. If you notice the pattern of reply that the opponent makes, then you can anticipate cutting off the shuttle.