Sidespin (pendulum) serve - tips and tactics

[@ravisrinivasan4817]

Love the way you explain executing the technique, the physics behind it and the tactics to use with the follow-through shots. Thank you.

[@kushagrasingh8253]

Best ever tutorial on youtube.

[@jeevanchaukar]

Pretty good - I have shown this to my daughter who is new to TT....thanks!

[@touhutopo6485]

Have to say the clearest And easiest tutorial I Can find! And free as well

[@karlbjerke133]

Damn ben shapiro playing table tennis

[@liboy9844]

The slowmotion serves are very effective, thanks.

[@tufan886]

Very clear and easy to understand. Thank you very much.

[@mudassirkhan4697]

Very well explained and im gonna practice it.

[@UltimateStemTutorials]

Excellent explaination Tom! I love you from Brisbane Australia

[@x6173]

Finding this quite tricky especially with the variations but I’ll practise more thanks for the explanation!

[@Derpamine123]

Great videos. Could do with some acoustic panels in that room, though.

[@trevorlei4096]

preach

[@improvingfuturewithabhi3399]

Best service that I learn from youtube

[@007Yasir]

This is a Very good explanation of those shots. 👌👍🏓

[@bryanchan5713]

WOW I TRIED To LEARN THIS FOREVER AND I LEART IT WITHIN MINUTES JUST IN THIS VID! AWESOME!!!

[@TomLodziak]

Great! Always happy to help!

[@kassimhussein942]

thank you so much for the tips from kenya

[@gicacontrabass]

Thank you, sir ! You have just inspired me to learn this serve. Let's hope my office colleagues will have a hard time dealing with it soon :D

[@TomLodziak]

Good luck. Let me know how you get on.

[@gicacontrabass]

After practicing this serve for at least 1000 times I played today with my new trainer :) Some of my side spin serves earned easy points for me and others somehow were returned to me with enough side spin to make me lose points :)) The ball movement towards me after it hit the table was not easy to predict :)) One thing is clear, this spiny serve is difficult to handle when unleashed :)

[@TomLodziak]

You'll soon get used to how the ball spins when it is returned to you. Happy to hear it was giving your opponent some problems. Keep going!

[@gicacontrabass]

Now I need to find how to deal with the returned side spin ;) Anyway, I'm very glad I started using this serve, thank you !

[@frankaylwardjr4986]

Can you explain how you swing your arm and do that step you take as you serve? Mid serve you square your self to the table

[@sahilbhattad8910]

best coach.. nice coaching

[@joshgohkaienvictoriasch5920]

thanks for the tips i learnt a lot and i learnt well!

[@jamesleonida1297]

Thanks for doing this it inspired me and now 1st in national university😊😊

[@TomLodziak]

Happy to help!

[@jamesdelgaudio7013]

Surrrrreeeeee

[@deddykurniawansaputra395]

let's see how fast I can do this. thank you for the lesson..

[@coolkids8951]

Pls make a video on phantom services with vRiations

[@tdub2422]

Tom, I return to this excellent video often. When you anticipate where the serve is going, for example to the backhand corner, do you start your pivot right as the opponent swings or do you wait to confirm? Thanks.

[@TomLodziak]

Good question. Ideally you should wait to see where the ball is going. If you pivot too early, a better player will see this and return to the other corner.

[@nicu_danciu]

Great! Nice and clear explanation.

[@LeoTaxilFrance]

Happy New Year!

[@DesmanPositif18]

Thank you bro. From indonesia

[@bogdangirmacea3122]

Nicely explained

[@mbriianlars]

Great stuff, thanks. ...Some technical feedback - you may want to adjust your mic & audio, to minimize breathing and mouth noises.

[@Spinspiel]

You should be mentioning where on the racket you should strike the ball - as lower on the racket will allow more contact time and thus more spin and for less spin contact should move up to middle of racket.

[@TomLodziak]

Yes, good point. If you can contact nearer the tip of the bat, you will be able to get more spin, as this part of the bat is moving faster and you can grip the ball longer with your rubber.

[@jeshpaul7385]

Thanks a lot for the video Tom.My question is this.Does bat quality play a crucial role in imparting lots of spin and speed or is it the players technique?I play with a basic bat.It does have some rubber on it,so I can get a little spin.But I cant get the speed along with spin like you do.My opponents return the serve quite easily.Your thoughts would be highly appreciated

[@TomLodziak]

Yes, the bat you use will make a difference. If you have a very cheap, basic bat, it will be harder to generate spin. You don't have to spend lots of money to get a decent bat. Take a look at this article for more information and recommendations: www.tabletenniscoach.me.uk/tips-on-buying-a-new-table-tennis-bat/

[@damg1376]

Best tutorial

[@aaryansharma8237]

pls make a video on how to return sidespin serve which comes on your forehand pls pls pls

[@TomLodziak]

Ok, I'll add this to my list.

[@aaryansharma8237]

i play on state level and fast forehand sidespin serves and slow but more sidespin serves are difficult for me to handle

[@ravinuthalaathreya2730]

Tom Lodziak f

[@hwy61do]

What's the best way to learn the wrist flick. It's hard to see it being done.

[@mordechailawrence13]

Thanks

[@ribalyaghi2338]

Thanks coach it works because i want to join my school ping pong club thank you so much

[@leechintao1153]

Could we use this pendulum service for penholder

[@TomLodziak]

Yes absolutely. This serve is very easy for penholder's to do.

[@ЕленаПушная-д6ж]

Good!!!

[@jubilee7746]

What racket are you using?

[@Goldcourse]

Good video! See your channel again~

[@pepsishola9997]

Great vid

[@k1kon145]

I just found this serve good for my game and now i know that most of players use it xd

[@gitasharma5362]

I have seven layer wood blade. I am intermediate player will it help me or not.

[@sammyog6274]

Yes

[@sudhirpwc]

How to return spin service

[@cigqn]

this helped u conther

[@z3nbuu36]

How do you keep alot of Balls in your Pocket

[@mohantamangktm]

good

[@karlbjerke133]

How can i make the ball go down the line instead of cross court

[@TomLodziak]

To make this serve go down the line, you need to turn your body a little more, so that when you contact the ball your shoulders are facing down the line. You can also try pointing you bat (as you contact the ball) down the line too.

[@shrikantbarhanpurkar7321]

i tried to put a lot sidespin on my serve but i could not please help sir

[@TomLodziak]

The key is to brush the side of the ball with some racket speed. This will generate sidespin.

[@jcjensenllc]

No mention of changing grip AFTER serve.

[@leeivan6848]

6:55

[@armis7358]

For me its just going fovard but i will practise

[@veerpratapsinhchauhan1791]

*hi*

[@unreveal2511]

That is a left sidespin serve...if the enemy counters it where will the ball go ...forehand or backhand

[@TomLodziak]

It will most likely go back towards my backhand.

[@unreveal2511]

@@TomLodziak ok thankyou :) but what if my enemy is pimpled..where will the ball go

[@ahmedkhalil3727]

Its good but i hope camera was close to you to see it better And show us where the ball touch table coz when i do it ball didnt touch the other side of table

[@danielkozak1652]

I used this technique to capture all the pokemans

[@brendanrussell2512]

Oh my reverb

[@Kanoemirate]

From Nigeria 🇳🇬 i doff my cap.

[@nigerianprince11]

Sabir Omar im from nigeria too

[@raventime5606]

The serve is *FREE*

[@kuldipsingh366]

You make it sound easy but it is not!

[@BonkerSam2]

how much balls does this guy have in his pocket??

[@ashasharma3155]

You said to teach us pendulum service but you tought us simple side spin service

[@slowk_infectionperfe748]

That's the pendulum

[@dylandebrocke4848]

New Game: Take a shot every time he lip smacks

[@JaySharp604]

The fake backspin topspin serve looks the most difficult.

[@jasonstack122]

thanks

[@hlamyint9145]

Good