Stefan Fegerl serve
Serving
eugene lu Asked 9 years ago
What serve is stefan fegrel doing. He swings his bat behind his body after the serve and look like a pendulum serve but the spin goes to fergrel's forehand. What is the advantage of this serve.
Last question ,my opponent hit the ball so softly that it clip the net falls to my court and didn't bounce, just roll. Whose point is that
Alois Rosario Answered 9 years ago
Hi Eugene,
Fegerl does a little bit different serve. He does almost a mixture of a Punch and Tomahawk action at the end of the serve but his preparation is the same as a Pendulum serve. So he comes around the other side of the ball with his wrist low. He also sometimes does the Reverse Pendulum serve where his wrist is higher that the contact.
The advantage is that it is different to most other serves. It also gets the ball spinning the way he wants it to.
If the ball clips the top of the net and then comes onto your side, it has to bounce a little bit. It is impossible for it to roll. There must be a little bounce when the ball drops from that height. So it would be your opponent's point.
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Ilia Minkin Posted 9 years ago
One can watch Stefan's serve in this video. I can watch it over and over, his forehand is so smooth and fluent.
eugene lu Posted 9 years ago
How do you do this serve?
For now try copying what he is doing. We will cover it in our Ask the Coach show #181 tomorrow.
Johan B Posted 9 years ago
I think he might not always come around the ball tomahawk style, but sometimes he goes straight under it or even up the normal pendulum side. Perhaps it depends on where in his swing he hits the ball?
Also notice his technique of hiding the follow through. Instead of stopping, twisting the other way or disappearing under the table, he disappears behind his back again
The backswing is partially hidden behind his back, but the main thing is that he can make a really fast swing, since he doesn't have to stop his arm afterwards. It just follows around in a circle, getting him ready for his next shot.
Looking forward to hearing your segment about it on my way to work tomorrow morning :)
Personally, I'm having quite a lot of success doing something similar: I set up for a straight backspin serve, but as I twist back on my way to hitting the ball, I turn it into a heavy backspin tomahawk and then twist my wist upwards... Almost every opponent I face gets really confused and puts it not even into the net but straight into the table on their side
Nice work Johan. It's nice when you develop a serve that can win you some easy points. Your story illustrates why it's so important to experiment with your serve.
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