Learn How To Serve Short & Fast

Mayo May Asked 13 years ago

If you hit the ball faster you'll get more spin but how do you keep it short and still make it bounce twice on the table for the 3rd ball attack?

Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago

Hi Mayo,

The key is brushing the ball thinner.

The faster you brush the ball the more spin it will get but the thinner the contact the less distance it will travel.

That is why a fast thin contact is important. However it also means it is a more difficult skill to master.

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Mayo May Posted 13 years ago

Thinner as in a short follow through ?

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 13 years ago
Thinner means to touch the ball less. So a completely flat contact would be to smash the ball, a thin contact is the opposite where you are only just touching the edge of the ball.

mohammad panahi Posted 13 years ago

Hi dear Mr alois

i saw your video about how can we do a short faster serve exactly it was the question which i wanted to asked but fortunately it was asked by mayo. By the watching your video a could take me answer and i will try it during the playing. thank you so much.

bye

Gaurav Simha Posted 13 years ago

@Alois Rosario : Did you partially answer my question about the ma lin serve ?

Jeff Plumb from PingSkills Posted 13 years ago
@Gaurav Simha yes this does partially answer the question about the Ma Lin serve. The Ma Lin serve question has got a lot of votes though so we'll probably still turn this into it's own video answer!

julian gil Posted 13 years ago

as you say jeff, ma lin serve us superb, i cannot understand the amount of spin he inflicts into the ball and the soft he hits it so the ball goes really really short but with a huge amount of spin, that is the result of years of practice, i ve been trying the last 4 months to master a nice backspin short serve, i can serve short with some spin, but im not even close to get the amount of spin ma lin puts into the ball

Ardak . Posted 11 years ago

Hi coaches! Mayo Mayo have uploaded the video above. Is Mayo Mayo one of the admins of this site? Or anyone can upload videos ?

kathy mckelvey Posted 8 years ago

Interesting video!!

Peter Niu Posted 8 years ago

thx Alois

sathiya' msn Posted 8 years ago

hii coach how to improve back hand

Igor Poletaev Posted 8 years ago

Hi Alois! Thank you for the video.

I'd like to ask you one question. To make the shot with a really thin contact with the ball, it is necessary to make this shot with a very opened racket, right? But shooting with an opened racked can cause that the ball will bounce too high, as it can be seen even in this video. How to avoid this? Thank you!

René Houde Posted 8 years ago

Hello from Québec Mr. Rosario.

As for the short push serve, I have problems to keep the ball low near the net. I do get 3 bounces thow and the ball sometimes dont leave the table; it comes back to the net. I gess I get enough back spinn.

I think I dont visualize the correct ball trajectory. What would be the ideal height to hit the ball at serving short push and the zone on the table to aim for the first bounce?

Thank you in advence,

René Houde.

Learn How To Serve Short & Fast

Mayo May Asked 13 years ago

Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago

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Mayo May Posted 13 years ago

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 13 years ago
Thinner means to touch the ball less. So a completely flat contact would be to smash the ball, a thin contact is the opposite where you are only just touching the edge of the ball.

mohammad panahi Posted 13 years ago

Gaurav Simha Posted 13 years ago

Jeff Plumb from PingSkills Posted 13 years ago
@Gaurav Simha yes this does partially answer the question about the Ma Lin serve. The Ma Lin serve question has got a lot of votes though so we'll probably still turn this into it's own video answer!

julian gil Posted 13 years ago

Ardak . Posted 11 years ago

kathy mckelvey Posted 8 years ago

Peter Niu Posted 8 years ago

sathiya' msn Posted 8 years ago

Igor Poletaev Posted 8 years ago

René Houde Posted 8 years ago

© PingSkills

Learn How To Serve Short & Fast

Mayo May Asked 13 years ago

Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago

Recommended Video

Variation of Spin

Thoughts on this question

Mayo May Posted 13 years ago

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 13 years ago Thinner means to touch the ball less. So a completely flat contact would be to smash the ball, a thin contact is the opposite where you are only just touching the edge of the ball.

mohammad panahi Posted 13 years ago

Gaurav Simha Posted 13 years ago

Jeff Plumb from PingSkills Posted 13 years ago @Gaurav Simha yes this does partially answer the question about the Ma Lin serve. The Ma Lin serve question has got a lot of votes though so we'll probably still turn this into it's own video answer!

julian gil Posted 13 years ago

Ardak . Posted 11 years ago

kathy mckelvey Posted 8 years ago

Peter Niu Posted 8 years ago

sathiya' msn Posted 8 years ago

Igor Poletaev Posted 8 years ago

René Houde Posted 8 years ago

© PingSkills

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 13 years ago
Thinner means to touch the ball less. So a completely flat contact would be to smash the ball, a thin contact is the opposite where you are only just touching the edge of the ball.

Jeff Plumb from PingSkills Posted 13 years ago
@Gaurav Simha yes this does partially answer the question about the Ma Lin serve. The Ma Lin serve question has got a lot of votes though so we'll probably still turn this into it's own video answer!