Dead ball serve
Serving
Bryan Lee Asked 8 years ago
hi pingskills
How do I do a more deceiving dead ball serve? I am currently doing one by letting the ball just drop onto my bat after the toss. It does stay short but it is extremely obvious to my opponent what spin it was and they attack it.
Thanks
Alois Rosario Answered 8 years ago
Hi Bryan,
The key is to get the start and finish of the serve similar to the backspin serve. So start with your bat laid back in the backspin position and also finish it in the laid back position but just on contact tilt your bat forward to contact the ball flat.
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Bryan Lee Posted 8 years ago
Awesome thanks
Arjan van Luttikhuizen Posted 8 years ago
Hi Brian In addition to Alois' excellent advice I'd like to suggest another way of achieving the low or no-spin. Start and finish your serve like a backspin serve just like Alois suggested but instead of changing the angle of your bat you can change the direction of the stroke to be more forwards. So instead of moving your bat through a straight line the path that your bat travels curves a bit. You can even use a little bit of both techniques in combination so that it is less obvious.
Bryan Lee Posted 8 years ago
Alright thanks arjan I'll give it a go!