Ma Lin serve with regular low toss

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Dhruv Maniar
Dhruv Maniar Asked 11 years ago

What are the modifications to be made?


Alois Rosario
Member Badge Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago

Hi Dhruv,

Yes you can do this.  You need to tilt your bat further back to generated the backspin.  ALso slow the forward momentum down so that the ball grips better to come back.


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Dhruv Maniar

Dhruv Maniar Posted 11 years ago

I tried that and placed the bat almost parallel to the table...but the thing is ball has too much height and can be smashed easily.....its very hard to get the right amount of contact consistently and m finding it very difficult to keep the height low!Can you put up a video demonstrating this please....ma lin's is a populr serve and I am sure many players would benefit from ths.Thanks.

 


Alois Rosario

Member Badge Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 11 years ago

It will take a bit of practice to get this contact right.


Table TennisGuy

Table TennisGuy Posted 10 years ago

How about you bend your knees?


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