who is serving

Table Tennis General

Last updated 14 years ago

yiejian chee

yiejian chee Asked 14 years ago

hi, i want to know who gets the serve  for example the player gets the serve, then after 2 serves of the same person the next player serves? or is it that the player gets to serve when the he/she scores a point?

Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario Answered 14 years ago

Hi Yiejian,

You need to change serves every 2 points.  So you will serve for two points whether you win or lose them.  Then it is my turn to serve for two points.

This continues till the end of the game.  If the score gets to 10 all then you have one serve each until someone is two points in front.

At the start of a match you can toss to decide who serves first.  At the start of the second game the other person will serve first.  This changes at the start of each game as well.

I hope this helps.


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Piers Grey

Piers Grey Posted 14 years ago

Also, when the second game starts, whoever side of the table won the coin toss serves and the players switch sides so it is always the same side that starts the serve; it is just a change around of the sides of the table for players between games.


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