How to come up with new services
Serving
Simon Lewis Asked 12 years ago
Hi Pingskills,
What is the best way to learn new services? I feel I could do with a few extras in the locker... but I have no idea where to start! Any ideas!?
Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago
Hi Simon,
Firstly try to copy any serves that you see and like from other players.
Second you can just experiment. Nothing is off limits here when you are experimenting.
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bertus bertus Posted 12 years ago
Hi,
You can learn a awefull lot about table tennis here at Pingskills ofcourse, but also on Youtube.
Search for: Timo Boll serve, Kenta Matsudaira serve, dimitrij ovtcharov serve etc.
I'm sure you will find some interesting serves there.
Good luck!