Yet another serving question

Ji-Soo Woo Asked 16 years ago

Thanks again for the Serving DVD. I saw a big improvement in the amount of spin I was putting on my serves immediately! Now I just have to work on my consistency and control (which will take a lot of practice).

This serving question is a bit hard to ask clearly without diagrams, but consider you stab a pencil through the middle of your racquet face so that the sharp bit points at the opponent side of the table. As you look down at your racquet while you serve, the pencil now makes an angle with the direction you want the ball to travel. Therefore, zero degrees means the racquet face is facing the direction you want to hit the ball, and 90 degrees means the racquet is closed so that the edge of the racquet is facing the direction you want to hit the ball.

Could you suggest what angle of contact you should be aiming for with pendulum serves? (backspin, topspin and sidespin variations)

Thanks

Ji-Soo

Alois Rosario Answered 16 years ago

Hi Ji-Soo,

Nice visuals.

I think I have the idea.  For all of the spins there should be an angle of about 10 degrees as a guide.  So when th eball leaves your bat it goes off your bat at an angle of about 10 degrees.  The blade being at a different angle will produce the different spins.

Hope this clears it up.