Pendulum serve
Serving
kovid parashari Asked 10 years ago
How to do a proper super spinny pendulum serve which can straight away stump my opponent..
Alois Rosario Answered 10 years ago
Hi Kovid,
This is something that takes time and a lot of practice. The basics are simple to brush the ball as fast as you can by utilising your wrist and forearm in a pendulum motion.
We have a Premium lesson on how to do the serve in more detail. Pendulum Serve.
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