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Table Tennis Advice March 6, 2016 Posted 10 years ago By Jeff Plumb

Reverse Pendulum Serve Preview

Here's a preview of our reverse pendulum serve tutorial in HD. If you enjoy this you'll love the full video which is available to our premium members.

A lot of people find the reverse pendu

Reverse Pendulum Serve Preview

Here's a preview of our reverse pendulum serve tutorial in HD. If you enjoy this you'll love the full video which is available to our premium members.

A lot of people find the reverse pendulum serve a little trickier to learn than the regular pendulum serve so in the full video we break the serve down and show you the correct grip, stance, start and finish positions. We go into detail on how to get sidespin, backspin, or topspin.

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Tushar Verma

Tushar Verma Posted 10 years ago

What is the difference between Reverse Pendulum Backspin Serve and Reverse Pendulum Serve? Look like Reverse Pendulum serve has some sidespin.

Jeff Plumb

Member Badge Jeff Plumb from PingSkills Posted 10 years ago

Good question Tushar. The reverse pendulum serve is a type of serve which will almost always have some sidespin on it. The server can serve pure sidespin, sidespin with backspin, or sidespin with topspin, and all of these will be considered reverse pendulum serves. 

kathy mckelvey

kathy mckelvey Posted 10 years ago

Complicated but looks interesting for advanced players. Pen grip holders appear to serve this very well. We have several at the club.

GUNJAN BAIJAL

GUNJAN BAIJAL Posted 9 years ago

since the racket moves away from isnt it difficult to rearrange urself for next shot esp if you have to turn around for forehand becoz  the backhand corner seems to be the obvious choice for ball 2.

 

Alois Rosario

Member Badge Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 9 years ago

The racket movement is quick and snaps back into position.

nima nemati

nima nemati Posted 8 years ago

very good tip.

Alois Rosario

Member Badge Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 7 years ago Latest

Thanks Nima.

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