Thanks! I actually felt really uncomfortable recording this episode. I took a few weeks off for the holidays and it took me a bit to warm up to talking in front of the camera again.
I always felt more comfortable serving close to me on first bounce, also feels easier to spin the ball, even for short serves. It also goes well with your former advice not to serve too short.
Agreed. The quality of the serve is better when it lands closer to you. When the ball lands further from you, it will be tougher to get it over the net and also will move much slower on the opponents side of the table.
Thank you. Very helpful as are the rest of your videos. Not a service question, but a question or suggestion for a video: How do you properly feed quality underspin balls for multi-ball practice. I find this very difficult. Thanks!
Great question! Serving backspin multiball is actually very tough. Here are a few tips that I've found helpful: * Don't throw the ball down. Just drop it or let it fall out of the hand * Contact it low - Sometimes my knuckles actually rub against the table as I serve backspin multiball * Treat the stroke like a FH push * Use your wrist to alter the heaviness of the backspin * Only have 2 to 3 ball in the free hand at a time to keep the consistency and pace up Hopefully these help! Let me know how it goes!
Thank you for the tips. They are very helpful. What I found most helpful is contacting the ball so low that my knuckles are brushing up against the table (or close to it). I need more practice but these tips will help greatly!
I do the same on my pushes. One time I was playing a match at the jr world championships and I was up 6-2 in the final game. I skinned a knuckle during a push and my hand started bleeding badly. I was on a roll and wanted to continue playing but the referee correctly stopped the match until I could stop the bleeding. Eventually it stopped, but I returned to the match cold and ended up losing. So I guess the lesson is that staying low with the hand will help get you good backspin but be careful with it 😝
nice, been practicing my serves , this will be helpful
I'm glad! It's the perfect time to practice serves since it's hard to find practice partners with covid.
Very good episode, I can tell you thought well about what you want to say, short and informative! :)
Thanks! I actually felt really uncomfortable recording this episode. I took a few weeks off for the holidays and it took me a bit to warm up to talking in front of the camera again.
@@TableTennisJunkie Must be weird if you are not used to it!
I always felt more comfortable serving close to me on first bounce, also feels easier to spin the ball, even for short serves. It also goes well with your former advice not to serve too short.
Agreed. The quality of the serve is better when it lands closer to you. When the ball lands further from you, it will be tougher to get it over the net and also will move much slower on the opponents side of the table.
Thanks for the help
Absolutely! Glad it was helpful!
Thank you. Very helpful as are the rest of your videos. Not a service question, but a question or suggestion for a video: How do you properly feed quality underspin balls for multi-ball practice. I find this very difficult. Thanks!
Great question! Serving backspin multiball is actually very tough. Here are a few tips that I've found helpful:
* Don't throw the ball down. Just drop it or let it fall out of the hand
* Contact it low - Sometimes my knuckles actually rub against the table as I serve backspin multiball
* Treat the stroke like a FH push
* Use your wrist to alter the heaviness of the backspin
* Only have 2 to 3 ball in the free hand at a time to keep the consistency and pace up
Hopefully these help! Let me know how it goes!
Thank you for the tips. They are very helpful. What I found most helpful is contacting the ball so low that my knuckles are brushing up against the table (or close to it). I need more practice but these tips will help greatly!
I do the same on my pushes. One time I was playing a match at the jr world championships and I was up 6-2 in the final game. I skinned a knuckle during a push and my hand started bleeding badly. I was on a roll and wanted to continue playing but the referee correctly stopped the match until I could stop the bleeding. Eventually it stopped, but I returned to the match cold and ended up losing. So I guess the lesson is that staying low with the hand will help get you good backspin but be careful with it 😝
great video!
a question: if the first bounce close to you, how do you keep the ball short? by brushing more to use most energy on spinning the ball?
good question! you can keep the serve short by brushing the ball more, changing the angle of your racket, or by swinging a little softer on the stroke
(For personal reference)
The steps Joey used to work on a serve:
1) Racket speed
2) Spin
3) Depth
4) Height