Dimitrij Ovtcharov Serve

Table Tennis Serving

Last updated 10 years ago

Ciaran Rueda

Ciaran Rueda Asked 10 years ago

How does Dimitrij Ovtcharov do his side spin backhand serve?


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario Answered 10 years ago

Hi Ciaran,

We do have a Premium Ask the Coach video response, Ovtcharov serve where we go through this in detail.

It is a strange serve to look at.  The main thing that is odd is the starting position down so low.  He gets a really good body turn because he is in a side on position.  The contact of the serve is similar to others with their backhand serve.  He also gets into his ready position quickly because he is turning so fast.


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