Short Tomahawk Serve

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Shubham Maharaj
Shubham Maharaj Asked 8 years ago

Hi alois and jeff,

Ive been serving tomahawk serve but since the serve is long its easily attacked by my opponent...i really want to know that how to serve the tomahawk serve short?

Alois Rosario
Member Badge Alois Rosario Answered 8 years ago

Hi Shubham,

To get the Tomahawk serve short you need to now brush the ball more finely.  you can take a little pace off the swing as well if you are really focused on keeping it short rather than spin.  Ideally though you want to maintaining the speed of the racket and then get the contact finer.

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