OOAK Table Tennis Forum

QNB,

The key to selling any spin on any serve is the ability to use the same service motion and strike the ball at a different point. It doesn't hurt for the stroke to be smooth and have after motions different from what the ball looks like.

For a topspin serve on a FH pendulum, one contacts the ball right on the up portion of the pendulum striking the bottom back of the ball. A very light touch and light grip at impact is needed to keep the topspin serve short and low.

That serve, if you can pull it off, looks just like your underspin serve and will get you a ball to attack, sometimes an error on receive. Just don't overuse it too much in a match.

Making a low/tight dead ball look like your heavy or medium underspin could probably become your go-to point getter if your normal underspin serve has any decent underspin.

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