Performing the reverse pendulum serve

Serving

Caleb The
Caleb The Asked 13 years ago

Whenever I play my opponent, I always use a bad serve which is always easy to hit back. So I went on Youtube and I searched up how to do the reverse pendulum serve but I do not really understand it. I don't know whether to flick my wrist towards my chest or swing my arm towards my chest.

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Alois Rosario
Member Badge Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago

Hi Caleb,

For the Reverse Pendulum serve you need to flick your wrist mainly and a little bit of forearm.  You flick it in and then out towards the far net post.  This is the basic action you need to make.  It will take a bit of training to get it right.

We have a lot of instruction on this on our Serving Secrets lessons.


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