serving left handed and playing right handed

dr.dinesh kumar Unknown Asked 15 years ago

hi sir,

is it legal to do all my serves in left and shift back to right hand and play the rest of the game.

i have a good left hand pendulum and reverse pendulum but i cant continue in left, i switch over to my right hand immediatley.but i need ur suggestion to know whether this can be done or not.

if yes how can i serve and switch quickly.. eg: by tossing the ball high,?? please help.

Alois Rosario Answered 15 years ago

Hello,

This is something very unique. It is legal to do this so you can persevere with it.

You just need to practice the exchange between left and right hands after you serve. This like everyting will be a matter of practice.

It would be interesting to see how thia works for you. Itis not something I have seen done consistently before.

The high ball toss will not help with your time problem as your time issue is after you hit the ball. Perhaps serving the ball slower would help you with the time issue.

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Ji-Soo Woo Posted 15 years ago

I've seen Timo Boll change hands on a few occasions mid-rally. Pretty impressive if you can pull it off.

Mike Ivanov Posted 15 years ago

That would be pretty cool except that imagine a left handed pendulum sidespin that gets returned fast to the left corner. If you switch to your right hand you'll have to run fast to your backhand just to get the ball with no chance of a third ball attack. That's the kind of thing you have to think of. I'm also ambidexterous but unless you're in the middle of a rally and making a desperate shot, I wouldn't recomend it.