Henzell's serve
Table Tennis Serving
Last updated 11 years ago
Enoch Oppong Asked 11 years ago
Hi Coaches
If you watched the match between William Henzell and Vladimir Samsonov I just wanted to know what serve was Henzell doing.What I thought was he was doing the tomahawk serve but with a twist of his own version.What do you think?Tnx
Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago
Hi Enoch,
I have watched Henzell a lot. He does the tomahawk serve but doesn't put a lot of speed on the ball which makes it difficult to attack. It is a different serve that other players don't see a lot so it makes it more difficult to deal with. He also knows what is happening with the next ball.
He played brilliantly to take Samsonov so close.
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Julio Torres Posted 11 years ago
Are you talking about an olimpic match?
Jeff Plumb from PingSkills Posted 11 years ago
Yes, Henzell lost 4-3 against Samsonov in the last 32. It was a superb effort by the Australian.
Shripathi ramakrishnan Posted 11 years ago
actually henzell gets very good leads like his game against wang liqin , but he seems to lose it as quick as he gains it at times.
nontheless a winner from australia.
ps. have you or alois played him antime , jeff?
Jeff Plumb from PingSkills Posted 11 years ago
Hi Shripathi,
I played Henzell when he was very young before he moved to Sweden and although I beat him on that occassion I remember thinking what good touch he had for a young player. The next time I played him was much later in the qualification tournament for the 2000 Olympic Games where he beat me 3-2 (back in the days when we played best of five with games up to 21).
Oliver Posted 11 years ago
henzell's serve is extremely good, especially against wang liqin
douglas harley Posted 11 years ago
@oliver unknown: yes, i remember watching that match on youtube a little while ago, and being very surprised to see wang li qin so completely flummoxed by someone's serve! he had a really hard time returning effectively, or even at all, that day...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mP_NVK3Hx0