Penhold tomahawk serve

Linus Koh Asked 13 years ago

Hi Alois,

Is it possible to do the tomahawk serve with the penhold grip?

Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago

Hi Linus,

Yes you can. It is just a matter of getting the angle of your bat correct.

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Sandesh Shrestha Posted 13 years ago

but in penhold it's really hard to get the angle correct.....and the reverse tomahawk is even harder ........

your hands don't support your movement

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 13 years ago
You can put your fingers more on the back of the bat for more support. The reverse is also possible using the back of the bat.

Desmond Goh Posted 13 years ago

I'm trying tomahawk serve using penhold right now... I must say, so far, I only managed mostly backspin and is always a single bounce instead of a two bounces...

Kevin Long Posted 13 years ago

As I penhold tomahawk server myself, I find that leaning your body to help you get the right angle is key to performing the serve well. It just takes a bit of time to adjust. When you're gotten the feeling for it, try to contact the ball near the end of the bat, then experiment to further familiarise yourself with the possible spin variations of the serve, and one thing that I like to do is add a wrist flick at the end of the tomahawk serve, just to produce some more spin (it also helps the ball bounce short)

edgardo yutuc Posted 12 years ago

good evening sir alois may i ask a question uhmm how to perform a good and more properly penhold serve using the reverse pendulum serves at different spins if you just can sir can you took a video on it so i can train it more perfectly i really want to ask cause this is the reasonb why i lost a contest ty sir ill wait for your response god bless.

cian coleman Posted 10 years ago

Hi I was wondering what type of rubber you are using

Jeff Plumb from PingSkills Posted 10 years ago
Hi Cian,

I'm using Xiom Vega Pro and Alois has recently switched to Rakza 7.

D K Posted 9 years ago

What about the Penhold Backhand tomahawk?