Do you serve as fast as you can
Serving
David Samoilov Asked 9 years ago
When performing a serve are you trying to make it with the maximum speed you’re able to produce with your arm +wrist or are you holding back since its not really worth it risk reward wise?
I'm still learning the serve but if I try to go really fast I will either miss/faill/ or make a bad serve
-sorry for my English
Alois Rosario Answered 9 years ago
Hi David,
Speed is not a high priority when serving. It is more important to be able to generate spin and vary the type of spin you are doing. It is not possible to serve the ball fast enough to really trouble the better players because you have to bounce the ball on your side of the table as well.
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David Samoilov Posted 9 years ago
Maybe I didn't word it correctly, I meant the speed of the bat. do you try move the bat as fast as you can to create more spin or is that risky
Dakota Castleberg Posted 9 years ago
As you get better, you want to increase bat speed while maintaining the brushing contact on the ball. Use of wrist plays the larger role than arm speed.
Hi David,
Yes sorry I misunderstood. Definitely get a fast bat action and as Dakota says use your wrist as well as your forearm to generate racket speed.
Johnny Long Posted 9 years ago
I have some issues when serving with a fast racket action.
The ball tends to go faster and longer-while I'd rather more of a spiny shorter serve.