The Forehand Serve Standing Position

Table Tennis Serving

Last updated 11 years ago

Rama Camatchee

Rama Camatchee Asked 11 years ago

Hi ,

My serves are at a good level (backspin and sidespin). With my forehand serves side-spin (incorporating backspin too). I usually stand on the right hand side and performs the serve going to the right of my opponent. To me, I thought that with the effect diagonal direction and side spin its harder for my opponent to get the ball back on the table.

However, I saw a number of top-players and coach on youtube standing on their left and square (90 degrees) to the table rather than facing the opponent.  Their hand will move like a pendulum and finishes just under their chest.  Yet, they perform a side-spin (standing to the left) ball trajectory from their left to right on opponent side. And, if the opponent return a normal backspin push the ball is expected to come to our left.

I would think this is cutting edge as most of my opponent would face me whilst serving.

Please clarify what's the real advantage of this technique.

Regards

Rama

 


Jeff Plumb

Jeff Plumb Answered 11 years ago

Hi Rama,

The big advantage of serving from the left hand side is that it opens up the table for your forehand. Players with stronger forehands tend to serve this a lot. It can also be quite effective to serve into some players backhands using this angle. As the pendulum serve is the most popular serve, players are used to returning it and hence changing things up can be quite advantageous. Performing your serve from the right hand side of the table will give your opponents a serve that they are not used to returning from that angle. Have you found your serve effective from this position?


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Rama Camatchee

Rama Camatchee Posted 11 years ago

Thank you Jeff,

Yes, my forehand serve (standing to the right) and sending the ball to their forehand or even backhand is very effective . I apply a fast and quick chop using the wrist .  Now, I realise why most of the players in our tournament serve from the left of the table but mostly they use their backhand (no forehand pendulum serve as its probably too technical for our level). As you rightly pointed out , I will also work on the forehand pendulum and its variations for the next season to give me a cutting-edge since I use mainly my forehand for loop and top-spin. My backhand comes well to since I started to practice with ipong robot for the past few months.

I decided to join again after two decades of break, our team is only in Section5 at Diamond Valley TT centre (Melbourne) and is doing well.

Thank you

Regards

Rama

 

 

 


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 11 years ago

Good to hear Rama.

Diamond Valley is where I started playing pennant.



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