Side spin serve
Serving
harry beezer Asked 13 years ago
How to put a lot side spin on the ball when serving?
Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago
Hi Harry,
The main thing is to get the ball rotating around sideways. The best way to do this is to think about contacting the ball on the side with a brushing action.
If you can get onto our Premium membership, even for a month and take a look at our lessons on the Serving Secrets section. This will show you in detain how to generate sidespin and will also show you a range of serves that you will be able to generate sidespin with.
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