In The Need of a good serve
Serving
Kartikeyan Khullar Asked 9 years ago
Hello Alois
I am Kartikeyan and wanted to know how do you get a good backspin on a serve
Hoping for a quick answer
Kartikeyan
Alois Rosario Answered 9 years ago
Hi Kartikeyan,
To generate good backspin you need to brush under the ball with a fine contact. This brushing action gets the ball spinning around. Think of the ball as a big wheel that you are trying to get turning around by using your bat.
We do have a lesson on this topic in our Learning To Spin lesson in the Serving Secrets section.
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