Ball close to body on serve

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Bevan Henderson Asked 12 years ago

Hi,

I noticed on your pendulum serves that you hit the ball quite close to your body. Is this a personal thing or do you gain more control and spin by doing this?

Cheers

Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago

Hi Bevan,

You do get more control closer to the body. I guess my serve is also from the old days when you could hide the contact and hitting it closer to your body helped you with this as well.

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