How to do the Pendulum serve

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tabletennisman lu Asked 11 years ago

How do you do a very short pendulum serve? I know how to do one but not very short.

Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago

Hi Eric,

The way to get the ball short on the serve is to brush it finer. Make the same action but focus on the contact being thinner so that they ball doesn't travel as far.

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