Serving in doubles
Strategy
Dave Dickinson Asked 2 years ago
What is the best serve for doubles play?
Alois Rosario Answered 2 years ago
Hi Dave,
The best type of serve for doubles play differs depending on your team’s strategy, your opponents’ strengths, and your playing level.
In general though a good serve in doubles is a short serve close tot he middle line of the table. As you are only serving to half a table, doing a long serve makes it too easy to attack by the receiver. Serving the ball close to the middle decreases the ablates that the receiver can use on the return.
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