How to do a sidespin serve

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bryan george Asked 12 years ago

How do you create a sidespin and is it possible?

Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago

Hi Bryan,

To do a sidespin you need to brush the ball on the side. If you think about trying to make the ball curve in the air you will start to get the feeling for what you are trying to do.

In our Serving Secrets Course we cover this topic quite extensively.

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