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Losing to a Pusher May Not Mean You Need to Attack More
The trap begins when a soft-looking ball makes you rush a shot that is harder than your actual success rate supports.
Start with this check
A pusher draws rushed errors rather than producing outright winners. Raise the difficulty before a genuinely short ball arrives and you end the point for the opponent.
Try these steps in order
- First push the opponent back with generous targets deep through the middle and toward the backhand.
- Do not try to finish with one ball; use the opponent's short ball to create an even easier next ball.
- Allow rallies of 10 balls or more while finding the pace you can sustain without an error.
Bottom line
The aggression that beats a pusher is not hitting harder; it is managing difficulty until the right ball arrives.
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