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Stop Missing Speedups: Hit These 5 Spots

A speedup can be won or lost by a few inches. The same attack that gets crushed at one spot forces a pop-up a paddle width away.

Before picking targets, scout your opponent. Are they a righty or lefty, and what grip are they holding?

A continental grip usually means backhand-heavy counters, while a western forehand grip means pancake-style forehand counters. Add in whether they prefer to counter or reset, and how heavy their counters are, and you have a game plan.

Target one is the dominant shoulder, the righty's right shoulder. Around 80 percent of players counter with the backhand, and once that paddle rises to the dominant shoulder, the wrist physically cannot angle the ball down, so you get a pop-up.

Skip that spot against a strong forehand grip, though, because the high dominant side is their pancake wheelhouse. That is exactly who target two is for.

Target two is the dominant hip. A backhand can reach it but cannot hurt you from there, and a forehand player gets jammed with no clean way to dig it out, so even their best reply leaves you on top of the next ball.

Target three is the crossbody attack. Players lean toward the side the ball is on, so roll your speedup across their body and force a mid-flight switch from backhand to forehand, on the player in front of you or the one crosscourt.

Target four is not a spot but a speed: the off-pace speedup. When opponents are primed for pace, a deliberately slower attack leaves them lunging early and reaching, and the weak reply sets up your one-two putaway.

Target five handles the slider. Players slide sideways to create room for their favorite counter, so aim a couple feet outside their favorite spot and let them slide right into the jam.

Key points

Scout the grip first, since continental grips signal backhand counters and western grips signal forehand pancake counters.
Attack the dominant shoulder against backhand counterers, because a paddle raised to that spot cannot angle the ball down.
Jam the dominant hip to take away any strong reply, especially from forehand-heavy players.
Roll an occasional speedup across the body so a leaning opponent must flip from backhand to forehand mid-exchange.
Mix in off-pace speedups and aim slightly outside a slider's favorite spot so they slide into the ball.

Watch the full tutorial here.