Schlagers serve

Serving

Shripathi ramakrishnan
Shripathi ramakrishnan Asked 12 years ago

hi alois and jeff,

how does schlager do the serve at 2:01 in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD02s8uTSzw

thanks


Alois Rosario
Member Badge Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago

Hi Shripathi,

He is allowing the ball to almost fall onto the bat.  He is hitting the ball very late in his pendulum swing when the bat is coming up. This means that he is generating topspin on the ball.  There is also sidespin because he is brushing around the side of the ball.


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