What serve/service do you use?

Davidex · Jan 28, 2012

Which serves do you like to serve with?

Matt Hetherington · Jan 28, 2012

My favourite being a lefty is a top-side kick pendulum serve which has first bounce on centre, 2nd bounce wide and is able to cut of the down the line option on most occasions which allows me to play pivot forehands on the expected return

LUNTE · Jan 28, 2012

Stupidest poll ever, sorry.

azlan · Jan 28, 2012

Why???

Obviously we all have several, but I am sure we have a favourite. Mine is just a heavy underspin where the 2nd bounce is on the baseline or edge side of the table. It doesn't give the opponent much option.

LUNTE · Jan 28, 2012

azlan said:
Why??? Obviously we all have several, but I am sure we have a favourite. Mine is just a heavy underspin where the 2nd bounce is on the baseline or edge side of the table. It doesn't give the opponent much option.

Because if you got a favourite, you will always feel less confident with your other ones which means your service game is easily looked through. Having a favourite should ALWAYS depend on the enemies reactions.

PlasmaLight · Jan 28, 2012

My service

one possibility ...

azlan · Jan 28, 2012

Yeah Lunite...true. Chances for anyone to attack is slim. They just have to push or flick back to me..that's it, it's not going to be a winner..

At my level, very seldom my opponents gave me any point because of my serves. I still have to play the 3rd shot, and I like that. Just keep it safe and take it from there.

YosuaYosan · Jan 28, 2012

The poll would be better if we can choose multiple choices. Its good to have a poll like this nonetheless

I mainly use backspin serve and its variation --> Pendulum, Backhand (reverse pendulum), Pure backspin
The other serves are mostly float balls or sidespins or fast serves with my pips.

I voted for choice 'other' tho

dici · Jan 28, 2012

Yea... it is too hard for me to pick if only got one choice

But I prefer short serve in overall. Usually I mixed pendulum (side/side-top) or underspin in similar motion, and underspin or little to no spin in similar motion for serving.

ttmedari · Jan 28, 2012

every player should have not only one serve style.. In my opinion,pendulum is the best serve as an attack opening/dominate the game, and the other serves are just variation

Dan · Jan 28, 2012

My favourite serve is a short side-spin topspin to the middle of the table hoping the player to return into my forehand side... Whether its a push or flick receive from my opponent I still forehand topspin it so I'm on the attack

Davidex · Jan 28, 2012

I love the flat one, cuz when im serving i do it in motion like Heavy backspin. So opponent think its backspin and just slightly tuches the ball... And then : BOOOOOOOOOOM

blahness · Jan 29, 2012

I love serving pendulum side-top for some reason, just like Dan I guess...

Most of my opponents can't push it low due to the enormous spin on it, they're forced to flick it (a shot that they don't use often), and when they flick it I get a nice topspin ball that I can attack easily from both wings to take initiative. I only switch serves as a variation or if the opponent's flicks are just too good!

Against pips players I love my fast topspin serve, gets me a lot of points.

Matt Hetherington · Jan 29, 2012

LUNTE said:
Because if you got a favourite, you will always feel less confident with your other ones which means your service game is easily looked through. Having a favourite should ALWAYS depend on the enemies reactions.

I don't think having one you are more confident in specifically means you are 'less' confident with your others. But yes your most reliable serve indeed relies on the probability of your desired response

blahness · Jan 29, 2012

azlan said:
Yeah Lunite...true. Chances for anyone to attack is slim. They just have to push or flick back to me..that's it, it's not going to be a winner.. At my level, very seldom my opponents gave me any point because of my serves. I still have to play the 3rd shot, and I like that. Just keep it safe and take it from there.

Yup, it's a good serve when you don't like people winning points straight away...but how would you deal with the possibilities of the return(i think most good players would be able to return the serve safely to all corners of the table)? Especially those players with deceptive short game, I hate serving underspin to those guys, they destroy me with their well-placed returns.

Davidex · Jan 29, 2012

Sry, guys for a poll

Matt Hetherington · Jan 29, 2012

Davidex said:
Sry, guys for a poll

Don't apologise Davidex putting a poll is fine, if people DON'T want to vote on it then they don't have to but for the rest of us we can!

YosuaYosan · Jan 29, 2012

LUNTE said:
Stupidest poll ever, sorry.

No you ain't sorry for being rough :\
Why 'mocking' in the first place?

Davidex · Jan 29, 2012

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CTTC · Jan 29, 2012

Reverse inside out serve for me. Works long and short and if done right you can execute back spin on one serve and top on the next serve.

Although my favourite is no spin reverse inside out.

Steve

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