Forehand Backspin Serve

Serving

Orr Margalit Asked 13 years ago

Hi,

I wanted to know how to do a fast long FH backspin serve

Thanks Orr

Jeff Plumb Answered 13 years ago

Hi Orr,

To get backspin you need to brush underneath the ball. To make it go long and fast you need to swing the bat quickly and get the ball to bounce close to your end of the table.

We cover this in detail in our Serving Secrets course.

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