Kenta Matsudaira's Serve
Serving
Dilena Kulasinghe Asked 13 years ago
Hi Alois I am Dilena and I want to know how to do the backhand/reverse tomahawk serve (kenta Matsudaira style).
Jeff Plumb Answered 13 years ago
Hi Dilena,
Here is a great video of Matsudaira performing his serves in slow motion.
http://www.mytischtennis.de/public/panorama/2257/irrer-aufschlag-kenta-matsudaira-in-zeitlupe
From this you can see that you need to bend your knees and get down low. You need to keep your bat vertical and use your wrist as much as you can. On this serve you don't have a huge range of motion with your wrist.
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Dilena Kulasinghe Posted 13 years ago
Hi Jeff I've seen that video a lot of times before, but is it possible to upload a video of you and Alois doing the serve.
thank you
Hi Dilena,
We get our premium members to vote on questions and we film responses based on that. If enough people vote for it we may make a video.
Dilena Kulasinghe Posted 13 years ago
ok thankyou very much for your concern jeff
Rahul Kumar Posted 13 years ago
Hi jeff,
I have problems doing the reverse tomahawk. I can do the tomahawk but just cant get the bat in correct position for reverse tomahawk, I always tend to keep the bat horizontal as soon as I see the ball coming down. I start with vertical bat position but later when the time comes to strike the ball, i naturally move the bat to horizontal position. Can you help me with any tips?
Hi Rahul,
Do it a lot of times without the ball. When you start to practice the serve with the ball only focus on the movement of the bat. Forget anything else including hitting the ball. If you miss the ball a lot of times that is fine. Eventually you will start to get the two things to happen together, swinging correctly and hitting the ball correctly.
It is a really difficult serve to master and it will take time and training.