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Could anyone explain or point me in the right direction of how to get some advice on float serving?
Cheers!
Cheers!
Could anyone explain or point me in the right direction of how to get some advice on float serving?
Cheers!
Basically, if you don't brush the ball during serving, and instead tap the ball flat, then the result will be float. Of course, you need to keep it low, otherwise it will be killed. If you want to add deception to the serve, and be able to serve both spinny and floating balls with a similar motion, then the key thing is to contact the ball as close to the handle as possible when going for a float serve. Stomping your foot during the serve also helps, as noted above, to suppress the sound of the ball contacting the bat, and thus make it harder for your opponent.
Beware though of opponents like me who will refuse to carry on if you start stomping !
No problem, after all, it is your decision to forfeit the match, not mine.
You don't feel that - on the whole - it's better to win by skill ? It's far too easy to fall into bad habits, or at least anti-social habits. The other day I started deliberately performing illegal services because everyone else on the table (doubles game) was already doing it. I didn't feel at all good about it afterwards, I felt I'd sunk to their level
Being able to vary levels of spin using identically looking serve motions in such a way that the opponent is unable to correctly judge the amount of spin without hearing the sound of ball contact is the very definition of skill. As far I am aware, there is nothing in ITTF rules that prohibits stomping the foot to hide the sound of ball contact with the bat. Also, what do you do when playing at a noisy venue? Do you call a let because someone shouted at the table next to yours just when your opponent served and you did not hear the sound?
I understand where you're coming from, but all I can recommend is to learn other ways to determine the spin of the incoming serve. Watch the ball trajectory on the table, how it bounces, etc. That's what I (and many others) did.