Doubles hand signals

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Andrew Yuen Asked 17 years ago

Do you know the specific hand signals for doubles? It might not be the same for everyone. But what have you used?

Alois Rosario Answered 17 years ago

Hi Andrew,

Each pair will devlop their own set of signals. Some common ones are:

Little finger means short backspin serve

Thumb means short topspin serve

The fist means no spin serve

Pointer finger means long backspin serve

You can develop your own set with your doubles partner.

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Glenn O'Dea Posted 12 years ago

Hi Alois,

Are the signals best called by the server (indicating what he intends to do), or by his partnet (indicating what he whats).

Glenn

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 12 years ago
Hi Glenn,

I think it is better by the partner because he is the one that needs to make the next ball. However, in most cases the server will call it and the partner will change it if they don't like the call.

Tony Ping Posted 9 years ago

Alois I think it is little finger is backspin

Thumb is topspin

index finger is side spin

fist is no spin

thumb and index is top sidespin

little finger and index is back sidespin

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