Werner schlager serve

Table Tennis Serving

Last updated 11 years ago

Leonel Barrios

Leonel Barrios Asked 11 years ago

How can i do the werner schlager sidespin and backspin serve?


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago

Hi Leonel,

Schlager's serve is very deceptive.  The key principle to doing a sidespin backspin serve is to contact the ball partly on the base and partly on the side of the ball.

If you were looking at the ball like a clock face you would contact the ball either between 4 and 5 or between 7 and 8.  The contact needs to be a brushing contact to get the ball to spin.

The setup for the serve is the same as for any other Pendulum serve being side on with your feet.  Then get your elbow up high and swing your forearm through like a pendulum.  That is where the contact comes in.


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Leonel Barrios

Leonel Barrios Posted 11 years ago

Thanks alois this will really help me i cant believe that just for registering in pingskills i can get responses from an olympic coach.


Alois Rosario

Alois Rosario from PingSkills Posted 11 years ago

No problems Leonel.  Glad to be able to help.  Maybe we should start charging for the service???? :)



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