Reverse pendulum serve and sidespin flick link
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Marcin Lonak Asked 8 years ago
Hello,
Could it be that the action of reverse pendulum serve is almost similar although more complicated to the backhand sidespin banana flick? I noticed also that players who use a lot of backhand banana flick are especially good at reverse pendulum serve. Zhang Jike and Fan Zhendong. Is it a coincidence?
thanks
Marcin
Alois Rosario Answered 8 years ago
Hi Marcin,
This is an interesting observation.
I wonder what others have observed.
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Johan B Posted 8 years ago
Vaguely related, it is my impression that (if both players have the same handedness) it is harder to do the banana flick against the reverse pendulum
I think that is right because the bat and ball are curving on a similar path and so it is more difficult to contact the ball.
Tushar Verma Posted 8 years ago
If we observe both the players we are talking about, use a lot of wrist movement.
Both the reverse pendulum serve and backhand sidespin banana flick are related to sidespin and requires a lots of wrist movement.
Maybe wrist movement could be a factor too.