Easiest Backspin Serve For a Rookie

Hi Alois

   I noticed that when you do the backspin , the action looks like you are not putting a lot of backspin , yet the ball stops and comes back slightly.

When I do the backspin serve , the ball skids through. I would like to how to get the ball to stop , just to have another variation

to my serves and making the serve as short as possible.

Thanks

Regards

Grenville

When I do the backspin, I brush it diagonally (between the base and the back) but I can't seem to hit it far enough; it moves very lightly and goes on my side. I think I'm not making enough brushing contact, but I don't know how to make enough brushing contact. So can you help me with this?

Hey Alois,

I think I get enough brushing on the ball, but I can't seem to get the ball to come back after it bounces the second time on the other side. Although if I try to do the same in a free space, without the table, it does. I see in the video that you are not even trying to do too much with the ball and yet it stops and comes back. Does the difference in the quality of bats can be a factor? I am using the PingSkills Rook at the moment.

Here's another one of your great comments that keep it simple and do away with popular myth. There's really no way to hit the ball twice in any legal fashion, so coming through in a curved line doesn't make any sense. Still there are coaches who suggest that you should move the bat up at the end of the stroke to generate extra backspin, whatever that may mean.

Straight lines, I like it!

 Thank's for the video's!!