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This is one spinny serve! Infact its amazing! How on earth can Ma Lin contact the ball with so much back spin going at that speed!? The backspin is so intense its making the serve be two bounce and then spins back on itself! Check it out in the video below! Photo by: Xinhua

Okay, so I'm sure everyone has seen the serve of Ma Lin that has taken youtube by storm. If you haven't seen Ma Lin's Ghost serve click the link here Well below is Jun Mizutani's version of the GHOST serve with demonstration! You can see as Jun Mizutani strikes the ball, the spin is...

I've had a scan through the forums and it doesn't seem like this video has been displayed and discussed about before. Here is the one and only reigning Olympic Champion Ma Lin doing what he does best! (Video below) This is a youtube sensation with over 1.5 million views! Who can do this...

Alexander Shibaev played Marcos Freitas in the European Champions League - UMMC vs Cergy Pontoise (ECL 2011/2012) Many people have reported that Shibaev has served illegal in the past. Its believed Timo Boll has mentioned about them to. On this occasion Marcos Freitas got very annoyed at the...

A video demonstrating a useful serve combination: What others work for you?

I have troubles with serving short when trying to put on alot of backspin. I can only either serve short with very little backspin or heavy backspin but long. any tips with serving backspin short in general will be appreciated.

Really want to know what spin is on Ma Long's serve. And any video how to do it properly? thanks :D

Wang Hao, the two time olympic finalist (2004, 2008) and the World Champion in 2010 seems to be back better then ever! Wang Hao has just beaton the number 1 seed Ma Long at the UAE Open 2011 by 6-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-7, 11-3, 12-10. Photo by ittf.com Some say Wang Hao had been taking it easy...

OK, so im not going to outline Xu Xin here as a bad person as hes my second favourite player to Boll however. There is growing speculation over the internet that Xu Xin is serving illegally and he is gaining a huge advantage over his opponents. Especially in the deciding points of the sets. I...

How often have you heard this quote from a friend of yours, preferably who doesn't play table tennis. 'Table Tennis!! you don't need to be fit to play that sport, its not physically demanding. Its nothing on the demands like football, running, basketball' Ok I'm 100% sure you have heard this...