Float serve

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Hazard z
Hazard z Asked 14 years ago

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

Thanks

Alois Rosario
Member Badge Alois Rosario Answered 14 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

JinMeng Lai Posted 14 years ago

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

Member Badge Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 14 years ago

Vertical, so that you can hit the back of the ball without spinning it.
JinMeng Lai

JinMeng Lai Posted 14 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

Member Badge Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 14 years ago

With a backspin serve you can still have a flat bat but come down on the contact.

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