Serve is needed not only for spin, but also for strategy. Professional players have these three characteristics when serving.

Serve is needed not only for spin, but also for strategy. Professional players have these three characteristics when serving.

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Serve is needed not only for spin, but also for strategy. Professional players have these three characteristics when serving.

Welcome to Doctor Table Tennis. Today we're going to take a look at a question from Liu Yan, a golfer at Pingpong.com, what does arc of pitch mean? Does this mean serving ball very softly (keeping ball from moving forward) so that opponent cannot take advantage of it?

1. Correctly understand meaning of "arch" of serve

Firstly, this understanding is wrong. A bow serve means that serve arches forward and has a certain amount of topspin, which makes opponent feel ball is held and it is easy to go up when served. received. This is meaning of arch. In serving technique, it cannot be said that ball is soft, and it is not easy to use it without spin. It is pointless to serve with such a ball. No matter how short ball is, opponent can turn it.

Serve is needed not only for spin, but also for strategy. Professional players have these three characteristics when serving.

Second, maintenance strategy

When serving, either serve ball shortly and with strong backspin, which makes it difficult for opponent to get off boards, or serve ball very quickly and for a long time so that opponent does not have time to react and ball is blocked.

Serve is needed not only for spin, but also for strategy. Professional players have these three characteristics when serving.

There are two types of hair lengths. One is to hit ball with topspin and bend forward. If opponent does not react in time or shape of racket is a little behind, then ball with topspin will easily rise high, accelerate twice forward (and then rush forward), so that ball will be more threatening, and he will be more threatening than a common long-term ball.

There is also a peculiar ball with an arch. On first serve, it does not appear to be a topspin, but moves forward quickly after falling off stage. We talked about him in "National Table Tennis". Common sense why a topspin ball would accelerate forward twice after hitting opposite table. This is because ball's spin is translated into forward speed of ball, so it will suddenly thrust forward (arche forward).

Serve is needed not only for spin, but also for strategy. Professional players have these three characteristics when serving.

Third, confusing presentation

There is a kind of serve that is served in such a way that opponent feels that ball is served with reverse spin. This action is very confusing (like backspin), but after ball falls off table, it suddenly goes forward. This will result in opponent not having time to judge (or make a misjudgment). For example, an opponent thinks it is a backspin and wants to rub it, but finds ball suddenly falls forward and arches forward (upward), and ball rises as soon as it is touched. Bowed serve, threat of this serve.

Serve is needed not only for spin, but also for strategy. Professional players have these three characteristics when serving.

A good serve does not depend on how much spin ball has, but must learn to use same movement to serve two kinds of spin. Simply put, standing sideways and using a right hand to deliver a side spin. can be performed with same movement. Performs two lateral rotations from above.

Serve is needed not only for spin, but also for strategy. Professional players have these three characteristics when serving.

(1) Front arc side feed with fake downward rotation

When ball is served, an arcuate movement occurs. This movement is to lift forearm up and send it forward while rubbing ball. This movement is used to rub topspin. Lateral topspin friction makes ball move forward faster, feeling of arching forward will be stronger.

Serve is needed not only for spin, but also for strategy. Professional players have these three characteristics when serving.

(2) Inside Hook Serve Up With Fake Down Spin

The second lateral top spin consists in fact that racket is hooked on body inward and rubs against it from bottom up. This is a relatively strong top spin, but its forward (arched) speed will be slightly slower. Slow down, these are two types of topspin movements, so two types of topspin can be produced by same movement, but actual spin effects of these two types of topspin are different.

Serve is needed not only for spin, but also for strategy. Professional players have these three characteristics when serving.

(3) Backspin Serve with Inside Hook and Fake Spin with Topspin

If you can add a third action, it would be using same action to send same action with spin or upward friction, but ball is served with reverse spin, which is hard for opponent to appreciate. hardest part of submission.

Serve is needed not only for spin, but also for strategy. Professional players have these three characteristics when serving.

That's all for today's answer. If you have any questions, you can ask them on official Pingpong.com website.

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December 05, 2023