What type of serve should I play?

Atanas Atanasov Asked 13 years ago

Hi Alois! Hi Jeff! 

When I am serving short, I try to put straight sidespin and my opponent tries to flick it. However, instead of going off the table, the ball falls into my backhand or forehand corner and it becomes difficult for me to return it. I try to put some backspin on the short serve and he pushes it. There my problem is that the ball is too low and it looks very difficult to put your bat under the ball to push it. So it falls into the net. When I serve no spin short serve, he flicks it without any problem. Finally I try to serve very long but he topspins them no matter what spin the ball has. Should I play short pendulum topspin serve, and if I need tell me or show me.    

NASKO IVANOV  

Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago

Hi Atanas,

It just sounds like you are playing a good player that can handle your spin.

If you can do all the serves you should try to use variation of serves to make it difficult for your opponent.  Serving the one serve will not be effective against anyone even if the serve is fantastic because if you are doing the same serve your opponent will be able to adjust to it.

Try to make your serves as similar as possible in their action to make it more deceptive.