Getting more spin

Table Tennis Serving

Last updated 11 years ago

Collin Hill

Collin Hill Asked 11 years ago

Hi Alois & Jeff, I've been having a problem trying to get a lot of spin on my serve, such as a sidespin or backspin pendulum serves... I have been watching the Serving Secrets Revealed and I'm getting a fast brushing swing and contact... But when I ask my training partner if they had to open their bat for my backspin pendlulum serve and he says something like "What backspin?" So I tried to swing faster to get more spin and I end up getting either a long serve (when I'm trying to serve it short) or it goes off the end of the end of the table.... Ugh..... So how can I get more spin and a serve that will help me win more points.

Thanks so much in advance Alois!  :)


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago

Hi Collin,

The key is a finer contact.  If you brush the ball fast you have to get a really fine contact to make sure it still goes short.  The thicker the contact the further the ball will go.


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Collin Hill

Collin Hill Posted 11 years ago

Ok thanks that does work! But how do i get enough foward momentem... for instance, when i put backspin on it about 30% of the time it actually gets over the net and then comes back over or into the net... Another question, to get the really thin contact is it okay to almost tilt the bat backwards? Because i found that i can get a lot of spin that way...     Thanks in advance Alois :D


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 11 years ago

Hi Collin,

Yes you can til the bat backwards to get enough spin.  It is always a balance between a fine contact and enough of a contact to get the ball moving forward.  Just experiment till you get the balance right.


Collin Hill

Collin Hill Posted 11 years ago

Ok Thanks Alois :D


Collin Hill

Collin Hill Posted 11 years ago

Ok a quick update, I've found out that my serves are not helping me win points.... Except my long, fast no spin serve...(which I can't use all the time). So I've found out how to get a lot of spin but, my opponent always flicks it (showing me that my serve probably isn't low enough) but it seems like my opponent Always flicks it.... So how can I make my short serve really hard for my opponent to attack on?     Thanks Alois


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 11 years ago

Once you get some more backspin and learn to be able to get it lower you will be able to stop them from flicking.


Collin Hill

Collin Hill Posted 11 years ago

Ok I'll just practice :)



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