Fastest Serve in the World!

[Dan]

Haha probably. But all of his serves have the same motion, most are backhand tomahawk serves. A little bit like Kenta, but Sakai doesn't really put alot of time into preperation lol. He gets to the table, tosses and BANG. Sidespin serve Also he doesn't bend his knees much, just like in this video. Well he doesn't have to All the serves are pretty long. I only saw 1 match of him though, so maybe it is different in other matches

Haha yes very true, do you have the link to this match of him WiWa?

 

[goldhand96]

@Dan:
yes i were there. of course, i didn't practise with the pros (like the japanese did) but with the junior group, a few tables away

 

[Dan]

@Dan:
yes i were there. of course, i didn't practise with the pros (like the japanese did) but with the junior group, a few tables away

Wow really thats cool!

Can you give me an insight to how it is there... Did you pay to train there?

 

[goldhand96]

yeah it's great...no i don't pay for the training, because all members of the austrian youth national teams can practise there for free, and i'm also playing for the local club^^

 

[Dan]

yeah it's great...no i don't pay for the training, because all members of the austrian youth national teams can practise there for free, and i'm also playing for the local club^^

Wahh thats awesome! Please get some photos and videos of your training there

Maybe some behind the scenes footage

 

[goldhand96]

haha okay
i'll take some photos before and after training in the next few days and then i'll load them up on the weekend

 

[Dan]

haha okay
i'll take some photos before and after training in the next few days and then i'll load them up on the weekend

Thanks I look forward to them. Train hard

 

[Spookytone]

Here is a video from the Junior WC 2011. With Asuka Sakai (Jpn) vs Harmeet Desai (Ind):

 

[goldhand96]

of course i will

 

[WiWa]

Ah I watched that match live, didn't know it was on YouTube as well. Thanks Spookytone

 

[Mr. RicharD]

If anyone hasn't noticed yet he pulled a Xu Xin. He's hitting with the backhand side of his rubber (i.e. red) which is how he can topspin to freaking fast. Fast underspin balls will float at the end of their bounce making their second bounce incredibly hard to judge where it will land. With the topspin bounce the balls will come down at the end of their bounce making their trajectory easier to judge.

It's pretty awesome how he figured out how to do this because I couldn't I tried it so many different ways, but it wasn't until I saw the slow motion that I realized he's using a western badminton or tennis action on the ball.

 

[brooder]

Hm, I would like to give this serve a shot with my short pips

 

[Dan]

Here is a video from the Junior WC 2011. With Asuka Sakai (Jpn) vs Harmeet Desai (Ind):

Thanks for video!

Awesome serves, amazing variation! ... In the 7th set Harmeet played amazing!

 

[Michal_Z]

It was very funny, I really laughed about how the umpire was saying the points.. heh..
Anyway - I didnt see the fastest serve in there..

 

[Ovtcharov]

Hm, I would like to give this serve a shot with my short pips

No offence, but you won't be able to do this serve with short pips.

 

[Bullz1]

How did he do that?

 

[judah000]

AMAZING didn't even see the ball over the net just saw it on the last bounce

 

[yurybarquero]

This is just like the serve that Ding Ning does against Sarah at 2.41 http://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?1728-TTD-Member-plays-Ding-Ning!&highlight=sarah but this Ding Ning´s serve is not a fast one...

 

[YosuaYosan]

No offence, but you won't be able to do this serve with short pips.

Yep, even with a super spinny short pips, the racket angle while serving will make the ball stall to the ground.

 

[mjagadishster]

Such things always get me thinking how many hours he must have practicing it!