Side chop serve

Serving

Siddhartha Raja
Siddhartha Raja Asked 12 years ago

Sir please tell me how to do a side chop serve


Jeff Plumb
Member Badge Jeff Plumb Answered 12 years ago

Hi Siddhartha,

To do a serve with both sidespin and backspin you need to come underneath the ball to generate the backspin and along the side of the ball to generate the sidespin.


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