Short sidespin pendulum serve

rakeshs gupta Asked 7 years ago

hi Alois,

i am trying the pendulum serve but i am not able to serve short ...if i spin more it goes very fast and long.

i want to serve short and spinny.

pls help

Rakesh

Alois Rosario Answered 7 years ago

Hi Rakesh,

The key is the contact.  You still need to maintain the fast contact but if you can get the contact finer then the ball will go short.  You will not be perfect at it straight away but may start to get it a few times.  The success rate will increase with practice.