Xu Xin's serve

Serving

Yap Zhi De
Yap Zhi De Asked 9 years ago

Hi Alois

How to do this serve done by Xu Xin, it looks like a pendulum serve but I think is not really a pendulum serve. Is this serve a good serve? He did it in the following videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lZ0NP3JaMo#t=1m35s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qggMrQ9kUZU#t=45s


Alois Rosario
Member Badge Alois Rosario Answered 9 years ago

Hi Yap,

They are both Pendulum serves.  He has a different finish to the serve but if you look at the contact it is the Pendulum serve.

He does the different finishes to disguise the contact and the spin on the ball.


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Yap Zhi De

Yap Zhi De Posted 9 years ago

Hi Alois

               Is it effective to vary the finish positoon as you have mentioned?


Alois Rosario

Member Badge Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 9 years ago

Yes this can give your opponent a different image of what has happened and give them uncertainty as to the spin on the serve.


Gurjot Dhaliwal

Gurjot Dhaliwal Posted 7 years ago

Xu Xin is not the best server,you would rather make up your own serve because he is really bad at disguising the spin and your opponent will know what spin you put but i guess it is a good set up serve which means you could use that serve and the opponent does a weak return to your forehand and you make a killer shot


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