serving a side backspin serve...and is wrist important?
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martin Law Asked 15 years ago
Hi...i got a problem on serving side backspin serve...i dont know why everytime when i try to serve side backspin...it always end up side topspin...can you give me some advice on this?and what means eright??
Another question...is wrist important??for a spinny serve....because when i see timo boll's serve...he don't use his wrist and his ball can be still spinny...so can i serve without wrist?
Alois Rosario Answered 15 years ago
Hi Martin,
Often when this happens it is because as you come through with your service action you flatten out the bat at contact. This means that at the point of contact the face of your bat is facing the other end of the table. It needs to remain facing the side wall to generate the sidespin.
Wrist is extremely important for generating spin. If you take a closer look at Timo's serve you will see that he is using a lot of wrist. His wrist moves so fast it is hard to see.
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Leslie Yin Posted 15 years ago