Float serve

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Hazard z Asked 13 years ago

I am interested in float serve. Is it because of the massive backspin? Please teach me how to master that serve.

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Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago

Hi Khang,

The float serve is a no spin serve so it doesn't have much backspin at all.

To do the float serve you need to contact the ball quite flat so that you are not spinning it mich.

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JinMeng Lai Posted 13 years ago

when you said flat, do you mean a vertical bat contact or horizontal?

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 13 years ago
Vertical, so that you can hit the back of the ball without spinning it.

JinMeng Lai Posted 13 years ago

I read somewhere that the benefit of doing the no spin serve is because it can disguise as a backspin serve and produce inaccurate returns from the opponent By having a vertical bat angle, wouldn't it be losing its effect as disguising as a backspin serve? Thank you.

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 13 years ago
With a backspin serve you can still have a flat bat but come down on the contact.

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Float serve

Hazard z Asked 13 years ago

Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago

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JinMeng Lai Posted 13 years ago

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 13 years ago Vertical, so that you can hit the back of the ball without spinning it.

JinMeng Lai Posted 13 years ago

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 13 years ago With a backspin serve you can still have a flat bat but come down on the contact.

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Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 13 years ago
Vertical, so that you can hit the back of the ball without spinning it.

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 13 years ago
With a backspin serve you can still have a flat bat but come down on the contact.