Ding Ning's Reverse Tomahawk serve
Serving
Yap Zhi De Asked 10 years ago
Alois, how does Ding Ning do the Reverse Tomahawk serve? You can refer to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-oBUre4GRc. She used it at around 18:45-19:16. Does Ding Ning need a special table tennis bat to do that serve? Thanks.
Alois Rosario Answered 10 years ago
Hi Yap,
As a Premium member you can access the previous Ask the Coach video response. We called it the Backhand Tomahawk serve.
She does it with a very normal bat. Just comes through and hits it with the Backhand side of the racket.
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Yap Zhi De Posted 10 years ago
Thanks for the information