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  1. The most aesthetically pleasing serve for you?

    For me it's Ma Long's reverse pendulum. He used it quite a bit in this game
  2. Liam's serve

    I wish I could do or at very least, know how to do Liam's serve at 4:13 in the video in the link below... It would be greately appreciated if anyone could kindly give me some tips... Thanks in advance.
  3. Backspin like Mizutani/Ma Lin ghost serve?

    When I serve my backspin, after it goes onto the opponents side of the table, the ball will not travel back towards the net (see below for Mizutani serve) and even when it goes onto the floor I notice the ball doesn't really travel back in my direction at all. So i'm wondering, is it important...
  4. How do I serve a heavy backspin serve with good forward momentum?

    currently my standard backspin serve is quite heavy in sidespin but not as much in backspin, maybe 75% side and 25% back from what I notice. I brush down the backside of the ball, at the 4 o'clock position, but still lots of side and barely any backspin. I can do a heavy pure backspin serve...
  5. how to return top side spin ball serve (illustration)

    Hi Pls see the illustration, when my opponent serve spinning ball to my side, the ball usually will land on the table and then "swing" to right side (green color). When is the best timing to hit the ball (upon bounce up?) if i want to attack back?
  6. Ma Long's special serve caught on film!

    Look at Ma Long's special serve! You will need to see the slow motion to see the special contact! Imagine doing this in an Olympic final! :)
  7. Attempting the Liu Guoliang Serve Challenge

    So, the last time i saw the Video posted by someone here in TTD throttled my insecurometer over the maximum limit and its time to get back into the field to test the alternative hypothesis. Feel free to comment, I got better ones later in the practice here is the unedited version. I get...
  8. My Malong style ghost serve and sidespin demo

  9. Adam Bobrow VS World's Fastest Serve!

    ITTF Commentator Adam Bobrow took on the world's fastest serve in the training hall of the Qatar Open this week!! Asuka Sakai's with the worlds fastest serve demonstrates how fast his serve really is in his first attempt! WATCH THIS! Here's a breakdown of the service in action via ttedge...
  10. Understanding the Par Gerell Reverse Side Spin Serve Deception (Video)

    Hi everyone, the recent competition on the Stiga Carbonado Blade provided me an opportunity to observe and Study how Par Gerell does his serve. In this video, I have tried to explain one way of how reverse side-topspin and backspin serves work with similar motion I believe Par has many ways to...
  11. Win a STIGA Carbonado 190 signed by Par Gerell!

    At the recent 2016 Swedish Open Dan from TableTennisDaily took on STIGA's Par Gerell in a challenge match! Par is one of the best servers in the world with a career high world ranking (November 2016) of 27! I challenged Par to see how many serves I could return out of 10! To win the signed...
  12. Tomahawk Heavy Backspin Serve by Soothsayer

  13. The tomahawk ghost serve by Dimitrij Ovtcharov!

    A lot of pro players have been submitting videos online of their ghost serves recently. Yesterday Dimitrij Ovtcharov posted a new service video on his Instagram account doing an insane tomahawk backspin serve. Check this out! <blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned...
  14. Serve Spin Tricks - Like a boss!

    Cricketer Cool Shahid Afridi pulls off some impressive, casual serves. Check it out:
  15. Trickshot: Coin Drop Serve

    Sometimes in my free time I like to keep the fun aspects of table tennis alive and give myself a challenge. Yesterday the challenge was to hit a quarter (25c) with a long serve.
  16. Ready position for receiving serve

    Gang, I have a question about how the top pros get ready to ready to receive serve. Many seem to crouch way down to almost table level and appear to be staring at the server. I previously thought this was to get a better view of the ball to read spin. But, immediately after the ball has been...
  17. The ghost serve by João Monteiro!

    A few weeks back we uploaded a video of Jun Mizutani practising insane ghost serves which you can find here. Portugal's João Monteiro has just uploaded a video on his Instagram page of doing similar impressive back spin serves as he prepares for the upcoming Rio Olympics!
  18. Backhand Reverse Serve

    Life threats from Goon squad and concerns from my well wishers on the level of my insanity gave me the courage to escape the Pyschiatric ward and jump back to life with Sane Mind :D So, I tried to record some of my backhand serves. Again, Some well wisher with laser scanning eyes could see...
  19. Backhand reverse serve

    This serve is insane.:cool: Made by me...
  20. Am i allowed to manipulate my hand like this during the serve?

    When serving, i always have the ball on my open palm hand that is 180 degrees. During the motion of which i am tossing the ball, my hand is 180 and slowly angles itself to a 135 degree angle so the ball sort of is thrown to me so i can serve. Am i allowed to do this? or must my hand by 180...
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