Disguising between Pendulum and Reverse Pendulum
Serving
Sam Evans Asked 12 years ago
Hi Alois;
I have a reverse pendulum serve similar to the Wang Hao serve; but I can't change between pendulum and reverse pendulum and hide it
Thanks
Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago
Hi Sam,
It is difficult to disguise the two. You will see that most players just do one or the other. Schlager used to start in the Reverse position and come through and do the regular pendulum. This was quite successful.
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Sam Evans Posted 12 years ago
Liam Pitchford does quite a good disguise, however I am finding it hard to copy it with a lot of spin.