Heavy spin serves

Curtis Lewis Asked 14 years ago

Hey Alois and Jeff,

I tend to have really good spin on loops and serves, but I have seen many people that can pull off some monstrous serves with untold spin such as 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmQDjFfxrGM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8advrudYZs

I know my rubber is capable of these serves but its so hard to get the contact right!  What can I do about this?

Alois Rosario Answered 14 years ago

Hi Curtis,

To get this serve you need to brush heavily under the ball.  You need less forward momentum to make the ball stop and come back to you.  If it is moving too fast forward then it will take longer to stop and come back towards you.

To get the contact right, you need a lot of practice doing it.  Certainly Ma Lin has practiced that serve more than 10,000 times.  He also wasn't able to get the contact right when he started trying to do it.