I notice the serves seem to be played with the tip of the bat. I guess this is the point with the greatest speed when the wrist is used to slice under or across the ball. think I will have to try experimenting and using the tip of the bat.
I wonder can anyone develop high spin serves with enough practice, or is it something where only 1 in a million have the level of hand eye coordination (and presumably the right type of skeleton and musculature in the wrist) to achieve.
I think Ma Lin's Serve is topspin - is it not? He seems to bring the bat backwards under the ball to generate this. I think this is also why his opponent tries to make a topspin forehand return, because he has read the serve as Topspin. It is perfect length serve, but I wonder could Ma Lin actually repeat this at will?