Serving a fast and short serve

Alois Rosario Answered 15 years ago

Hi Viki,

To serve a slow long ball you can slow down the contact on the ball and get the ball to bounce a little higher over the net.

To serve a short fast ball is a little trickier.  You need a good fast contact on the ball but you also need a lot of spin.  A lot of topspin will bring the ball down quickly as soon as it goes over the net.  This does take a lot of practice.

The best way to do it is to set up a small target just over the net and try to serve the ball as fast as possible onto that target. 

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