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and Alois Rosario said...

Hi Sandesh,

The ghost serve relies on lots of backspin and not much forward momentum.  So you need to brush the ball right at the base of the ball and generate the spin by a very quick action.  The finer you touch the ball the less forward momentum you will have.

You can even think about going right up the front of the ball on contact to generate more backspin and less forward momentum.