Hey guys !
I don't know how to perform a good effective serve !
Can someone give me some tips !
Thanks !
I don't know how to perform a good effective serve !
Can someone give me some tips !
Thanks !
I find this video to be pretty good in making you understand serving and receiving serves better:
I find the short video helpful enough. I don't own his actual video.
I'm on my phone, ill make a more detailed post later but something that really pushed me forward in the serving department was really focussing on my finger and thumb during the contact of the ball. Really use a lot of wrist but pressing the bat lightly with your finger and thumb to brush the ball.
Another tip is simply practice. Lots of players tend to find their own service action or serving techniques practising on their own. Nice bucket of balls and serve away
The second video in Carl's post is great I learned a lot from that video demonstration. Good luck!
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That point about the pressure from the finger and the thumb is priceless. That really helps you get more spin. You do that in your forehand and backhand loops too and you will get more spin there as well.
Also, giving credit where credit is due, I first saw that second video of Werner Schlager's as a result of a post from you, Dan.
And the tips he gives about how to change the spin are top notch.
Then in the video it is said to use all parts of the body (legs, hips, arm, shoulder, wrist etc.) ... in my opinion this is the worst you can do!
The more parts of your body you use the more pars you have to control.
The secret of a good serve is that you can play exactly the same movement and a safe movement.
That's why I recommend to start as simple as possible and then, when the serve is safe, add more parts to the serve.
I have to disagree with you on this one. Using the body is what gives you control when trying to get good spin because you don't need to swing your arm and wrist so aggressively since they are allready moving due to body rotation. It's the same as in every other stroke in table tennis; if the power comes from the bigger body parts - legs, waist - you get more control because bigger muscles are easier to control when you try to get max power-> max speed for your hand. This works with serving also and should be the first thing to learn in my opinion.
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Actually I agree with Fab, at the beginning all you have to do is try to do same movement using your wrist and forearm. After that you can do all other things, but firt you need to be sure that your basic movement is correct.