Need experience players to analyse on my serves.

[kinocchio]

Hi all,

I've never got the chance to see my serves. So I decided today to film it. And have a close look at it. I really want to know from experience table tennis players if this serves are good enough. Any advice will be really appreciated. I think there is always room for progress.

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[SilentRain]

I'm sorry but the camera is too far away and so I cant see much. I'll let someone with 20-20 vision comment instead. That, or OP could post a new clearer version.

 

[Hamasaki_Fanz]

Wait I need to get my binoculars first !

 

[ttmonster]

... at this distance you don't look much different than Ma Long .... seriously though it looks all fine except most of your serves are long

Hint : use landscape mode and get the camera a lot more closer. Take a trial video and you yourself should be able to tell whether they are worth sharing ... also, try to get all different kinds of serves in ...

 

[gman4911]

A serve is good enough if your opponent can't attack it and/or gives you a return you expect. The higher level your opponent, the better your serves need to be.

BTW, cell phone cameras should be held horizontally not vertically.

 

[kinocchio]

The serves are indeed too long. Actually didn't pay a lot of attention when serving. But I think that should be exactly what I must focus on when serving. And yeah. .. I should have put in landscape mode. Let me see if I can share some structured serve practise next time.

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[Matt Hetherington]

I would suggest taking another video with the camera only just past the end of the table, this is a little too far away

 

[Shuki]

this is how far I stand if I am a receiver anyway. I think the distance you gave us on the camera is fantastic. This is the perfect view for me to see the incoming serve that I want to practice my running dive shot at.

 

[kukamonga]

you need more spin brooooooooo

 

[kinocchio]

Kukamonga: If compared with Ma Lin. I think you need also a lot of practise. No one can equal the skills of the serve master

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[Gene Tuttle]

Ma Lin is using the Chinese Forehand serve.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

With my super Asian Eyesight, I think you are pushing the ball to quickly/fast out your blade.
Your are more accelerating out to force the spin. Try also using the ball coming down as a force and gentle brush the ball out (focusing on the brush, and the acceleration will carry itself)

I would like to suggest a view things (hope it will help):
1) get more training balls, 144 x 2 will fit a nice bucket.
2) allow the ball to drop lower and then try and try your same serve (both 1st and 2nd serve)
- Test different weight of the ball (heavy serve, soft serve etc)
- Test different placement of the ball (long, short, centre, left, right etc)
If long, make sure it is on the end line.
Try medium long - the 2nd bounce is low and just missing the end of the table
3) Try different variation of the serve - heavy spin, no spin, reverse side (1st serve)