Coach Samson Dubina US National Team Coach 4x USATT Coach of the Year
 

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11 Serving Tips

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9 Serving Tips

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Many players have watch this video and asked for my notes.
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Improving your serve is the fastest way to progress your table tennis game. In this article, I will be outlining nine ways that I personally use to perfect my serve:

#1 Use the serves that best setup your game

#2 Train them in a tournament environment

#3 Miss some serves

#4 Use your best serves early

Advanced Table Tennis Serves

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9 Table Tennis Serving Tips

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Spin Videos

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Most of the questions that I receive are about spin - importance of spin, types of spin, how to read spin, how to generate spin, how to generate more spin, etc...
Today, I wanted to share some of my best videos on spin. Check them out!

Illegal Serves

Learn 7 Steps to Take in Dealing With Illegal Serves

 
 
 
 
 
When playing tournaments, you will often be up against illegal serves.  With the right actions and attitude, you can easily diffuse the problem and play a fair match.  Here are the steps of action that I would recommend…
 
#1 Observe the problem.  Preferably in a match prior to your match, try to watch your opponent for possible illegal serves.
 

Precision

Serving tips!

 
 
 
When serving, many players focus on height, deception, speed, spin, and placement.  These elements are very important.  However, the main reason that you need to practice serving is to develop precision.  If you have control over your serve, it is easy to control the rally when you are serving.  Here are a few consequences of having poor precision…
 

The Power of Serving!

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At the club level, long and slow serves are easily attacked with strong loops.  World class players also serve long sometimes, HOWEVER, their long serves are very fast as a surprise and well placed.  Watch this short video demonstrating various serves.  Notice how fast the long serves are.  

 

 

The Best Serve

Explanation and Video

The best serves in table tennis are low with good placement as well as good variation in the type of spin and degree of spin.
So how can your read the spin on a good serve?
 
There are 4 ways:
1. Watch the direction of the racket
2. Watch the bounce of the ball
3. Listen for the sound at contact
4. Look for the logo on the ball
 
In this short video, I give some tips about how to read the racket on a forehand tomahawk serve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqLxc6mxj6I
 

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