Skip to main content

Dimitrij Ovtcharov forehand sidespin serve

Serving

Tom Goodwin
Tom Goodwin Asked 14 years ago

I tried it out earlier today and couldn't do it very well it seems like a good serve but how do you do it effectively?

Alois Rosario
Member Badge Alois Rosario Answered 14 years ago

Hi Tom,

Probably just more practice.  Are you getting a good brushing contact on the ball?  If you are then keep working on the serve and the brushing contact will become more consistent.  Getting down low will help you to get the ball in the right position.  It is quite hard on the legs though to do it repetitively.

Question actions

Back to Questions

More questions

Problem with backhand smash Beginner Outdoor Bat

Recommended Video

Table Tennis Video Tutorial

Punch Serve

Par Gerrell does the punch serve well. Take a look as we show you the basics of the Punch serve.

Watch Now

Thoughts on this question (3)

3 comments from the PingSkills community.

Jump to newest
Tom Goodwin

Tom Goodwin Posted 14 years ago

im hitting the net quite a lot aswell and i can only really pull off the serve well when im quite far back which of course puts me at a massive disadvantage for short pushes any pointers?

 

Alois Rosario

Member Badge Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 14 years ago

Perhaps hit the ball when it is a bit higher.  If the ball is going into the net it isn't bouncing enough so by hitting it from higher you will get more bounce on it.

Tom Goodwin

Tom Goodwin Posted 14 years ago Latest

thanks i will try that later

 

Become a free member to post a comment about this question.