Corkspin
Serving
Horace He Asked 14 years ago
Is corkspin ever practical in an actual game? If you use a different name, corkspin is the spin that rotates perpendicular to the forward path, similar to a football.
Also, how would you perform such a shot?
Alois Rosario Answered 14 years ago
Hi Horace,
It is usually too slow to be effective because you have to brush the ball sideways rather than forward to get the ball to spin that way.
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