Locking-In and Sidespin

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My club recently had a pretty high level (2300 US) Korean penholder who
joined and he's been kind enough to give free lessons.

The first thing he said was that I had no middle game.  So for the first few
lessons he's been trying to fix my stroke by hitting counters.  He
say's that I am not "locking in" on the ball and that instead of
swinging out and away from my body I am swinging towards my body and lifting too much. 

To help me "lock in" he's making me do drills where I only hit
sidespin on the ball.  My past lesson he had me hit FH counters with the blade almost closed hitting down on the ball with mostly sidespin.  I was surprised to find out that the ball got over the net with mainly sidespin.  

Anyway, I'm pretty excited about finally getting some lessons and trying to get rid of some of my bad habits.  If anyone has more insight on "locking in" and using sidespin on your shots let me know.

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	My club recently had a pretty high level (2300 US) Korean penholder who joined and he's been kind enough to give free lessons. The first thing he said was that I had no middle game. So for the first few lessons he's been trying to fix my stroke by hitting counters. He say's that I am not "locking in" on the ball and that instead of swinging out and away from my body I am swinging towards my body and lifting too much. To help me "lock in" he's making me do drills where I only hit sidespin on the ball. My past lesson he had me hit FH counters with the blade almost closed hitting down on the ball with mostly sidespin. I was surprised to find out that the ball got over the net with mainly sidespin. Anyway, I'm pretty excited about finally getting some lessons and trying to get rid of some of my bad habits. If anyone has more insight on "locking in" and using sidespin on your shots let me know.

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