Tomahawk serve..

Table Tennis Serving

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Luke Pawley

Luke Pawley Asked 13 years ago

Could you please inform me how to correctly execute the tomahawk serve, both forehand and backhand if possible, in the best way in order to ace / force a mistake out of my opponent?

Thanks,

Luke


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario Answered 13 years ago

Hi Luke,

There are some basics with the tomahawk serve.  Like all of our teaching we think about the start and finish positions.  This will get out action correct.

Start with your bat near your playing shoulder.  Finish with the bat pointing out towards your opponent or your target area.

It is important to get the wrist moving through so that the bat is moving at maximum speed.  To do the backhand serve is very similar just contact the ball with the other side of the bat.

Getting your opponent to miss the return take a lot of training.  Focus on getting your serve right and then the aces and non returnable serves will come.

If you can get yourself the Serving Secrets Revealed DVD you will find good examples and demonstrations of how to do the tomahawk serve. 


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Luke Pawley

Luke Pawley Posted 13 years ago

Thanks Alois!!

 

The tomahawk is one of a variety of serves I have the ability to use in matches, as I strongly believe it is a good tactic to vary your serve.

 Your answer has helped me a lot,  and now I know this information I will focus on the serve a lot more to try and make my opponent miss the return like you suggested!

 

Thanks again,

 

Luke 


Claus Hamacher

Claus Hamacher Posted 12 years ago

This is an interesting example: you can watch Kenta Matsudaira perform the serve in slow motion:

 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2v0zqHw5sYM

 

(I hope this works...) 


Claus Hamacher

Claus Hamacher Posted 12 years ago

Sorry, that was the wrong clip.

 

You can watch the one I was referring to here:

 

http://www.mytischtennis.de/public/panorama/2257/irrer-aufschlag-kenta-matsudaira-in-zeitlupe 


Ji-Soo Woo

Ji-Soo Woo Posted 12 years ago

Thanks for the video link Claus

Kenta serves + slow mo high quality video = AWESOME!!!



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