Backhand Serve Deception

Jack Tan Asked 6 years ago

I'm trying to disguise my sidespin+topspin serve as sidespin+backspin, but the backhand serve motion is very one-dimensional. Do you have any advice on how I can execute this without making it look awkward?

Alois Rosario Answered 6 years ago

Hi Jack,

The backhand motion for the serve goes down and then up in a semi circle motion.  If you hit the ball as the bat is on the downswing you will get backspin.  You can also tilt the bat backwards a little to help with this.

For topspin you can use the same motion but hit the ball on the upswing which will give you topspin.

We over this for our Premium members in the Backhand Serve tutorial as well.