Zhang Jike's Serve
Serving
Martin Coronel Asked 12 years ago
How can you use zhang jike's pendulum serve?
Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago
Hi Martin,
If I could do it as well as him I would use it all the time.
Zhang Jike uses the Pendulum and Reverse Pendulum serves well. He generate a lot of spin on his serves with a good use of his wrist. He also has very good control of the ball on his serves. Watch to see how well he can place the ball to where he wants it to go. This is a crucial element of a good serve.
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Saurabh Shrivastava Posted 10 years ago
Loved it. Will start practicing it.
Many thanks
Saurabh Shrivastava
Mumbai , India
Kailash Gowtham Posted 10 years ago
so basically the use of wrist is plain deception. i am able to generate lots of sidespin without using wrist for reverse pendulum serve. The wrist movement even on the reverse serve is to scare or make the opponent tense.
Bhushan Tiwari Posted 10 years ago
Hey I am a beginner in table tennis and I play for 6 hrs on weekends but still my basic are not clear of forehand shorts and backhand shot please guide me how I can improve my game as I am crazy for this game a lot pls help me ..
Hi Bhushan,
Go to the Strokes & Techniques section of the site. You will get a lot of information about the basic strokes there that will really help your game.
Sandor Istvan Posted 10 years ago
I think this serve is tricky because of the movement after the ball contact.
with respect Sandor
Masoud Parkho Posted 10 years ago
Hi Alois
That was great, thank you!
Masoud
Dieter Verhofstadt Posted 8 years ago
Jeff's after motion is very good!
@Dieter - Thanks :)
Tushar Verma Posted 8 years ago
I find hard to put lots of spin in my pendulum serve. My serve can be picked with a simple push without any wrist movement.
What should I do?
In this serve what should be the contact point for maximum spin?
Aldo Golikow Posted 8 years ago
Grande Alois y jeff hacen facil lo dificil
saludos
D T Posted 8 years ago
Looks like a cool technique, but in the video, all the reverse pendulum serves, and nearly all the pendulum serves - bounced once on the other side of the table. Regardless of sidespin, aren't these serves fairly easily returned with a loop? I was actually working with my coach yesterday on returning the reverse pendulum, and figured out how to do this. Right after that, I played a match against someone and was able to slam all his reverse pendulum serves back down his throat.
Des Ryan Posted 8 years ago
That is a fantastic variation on what is an excellent service!
i have just started to practice both of these serves,in an attempt to disguise the variation option I have tried to finish both with the same finish position.
in both versions you can generate a lot of spin when you concentrate correctly,this is sometimes a problem for me.....chunks of brain missing!!
class six para.
i am improving thanks to the two lads from Pingsklls.
in my current Autumn league in my club,I have just lost one match out of sixteen,and that was just an unusual style.
my table confidence is improving by the week, movement is also getting better.
Stanislav Galov Posted 8 years ago
In a recent video I watched ZJK employ the short reverse PS down the line against FZD - very neatly and effectively... but the final match point ZJK won with a surprise serve (at least to me and to FZD) - again reverse PS but long fast and cross court (long diagonal) :) FZD had already made a step in the wrong direction preparing to loop a short backspin serve over the table with his special ability to use his back hand :)
Johan B Posted 8 years ago
Link please :D
F Wilson Posted 8 years ago
I am a senior semi serious recreational player that has been playing seriously for about a year now. Game is progressing ok and I have a decent serve but my short backspin serves are inconsistent and lack much spin. I have not really tried to emulate the pendulum service motion as it looks complicated. I vary my serves from forehand to backhand, top spin, back spin, short and long, BUT I want more! Is a pendulum motion serve worth the effort given my stage and abilities?
I would not even consider this potential change IF I had not been receiving your very informative lessons. VERY interesting and helpful, thank you very much.
F