Serving short

Rahul Kumar Asked 12 years ago

Hi coach. I recently learnt a variety of serves and now i can myself decide how much spin or speed i am going to put on the ball. but none of these bounces even 2 times. I saw Jeff doing the serve in "KEEPING THE BALL SHORT" and it was amazing, but it doesn't seems that i can do that.

Also, when sometimes the ball bounces 2 times on opponent's side, my friends find it really difficult to return, so i want to learn it asap. Please mention the key points required in order to do such kind of services.

Regards, 

Rahul

Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago

Hi Rahul,

It sounds like your serves are getting better.  To get the ball shorter, you need to contact the ball thinner.  The flatter the contact the further the ball will go.

Some other things that will help you is to focus on the ball keeping really low over the net.  Also put a target just on the other side of the table around 30 cm from the net.  Aim to hit this.  If you do this the ball will start to bounce a few more times on the other side which will make it harder for your opponent to attack.