How to practice services
Serving
laksh pillai Asked 12 years ago
First of all , I love your videos on youtube. It makes my TT learning fun and your understanding of the game is just brilliant. Thanks for doing it.
Now, My question is
" I started playing TT in my office in August 2012. Now I can decently play the basic shots. But I am losing many points in service. My service is either slow and short or fast and high making it easier for the opponent. Now I seen lot of videos on youtube about various spin serves. So far I can only do underspin and topspin serves. If I try sidespin or pendulum or cockscrew serves, I am not getting it
Can you explain about the mechanics of the side spin serves and other serves which stays on the table. How can I practice it in my home. does the type of rubber matter?
Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago
Hi Laksh,
Thanks for the kind words.
To get sidespin on the ball you need to brush the ball sideways. You can do this in two ways. Think of brushing the side of the ball. Or you can brush across the back of the ball.
To get the feel for this you can practice getting the ball to curve on the floor. In a large room, swing fast through and see how much curve you can get on the ball. This will give you an indication of the sidespin you are generating. Once you can do this then go to the table and see if you can get the ball to curve on the table, even if it is not a proper serve at first.
We also have a detailed explanation of serving and generating sidespin in our lessons on Serving Secrets. You can access these by becoming a Premium member. To do this you can join through the website.
Let me know if you need any other help with this.
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DHS Lover Posted 12 years ago
Take a look at the previous questions. If you type in 'Corkscrew serve in to the search box you will find quite a lot of discussion on it. Basically it is just a slow sidespin serve.
Justin O'Toole Posted 12 years ago
My experience came from just practicing my serves from my dvd serving secrets revealed. This video was fantastic and gues who made it Alois and Jeff as if you didn't already know. I watch this awsome video and just practice practice practice.
I recomend this video to anyone wanting to serve better and set up 3rd ball attacks if you havent already one the point. It will help you tremendously. I recomend this and give it video 5 stars. Brilliant for all table tennis players no mater your level is.
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