Pendulum and Reverse Pendulum

Alois Rosario Answered 14 years ago

Hi Indip,

You need to get the action correct for these two serves.

To do the Pendulum serve you need to start with your left leg touch the backhand corner of the table.  Then start with your right elbow in a high position and then use the forearm only like a pendulum to swing through the serve.  The contact needs to be a fine brushing action. 

The Reverse Pendulum serve is similar except you contact the ball on the outside of of the ball.  You can take a look at the previous Ask the Coach video response by Simon about this serve.  How do I get feeling in the Reverse Pendulum Serve?

We have an excellent DVD available for you as well which will explain and show you in great detail how to do these serves as well as how to generate different types of spin with them.  YOu can do backspin, sidespin and topspin serves all with these serves.  Purchase a copy of Serving Secrets Revealed for lots more information.