A Serve for Everyone - The Backhand Serve

[@THan-t7d]

A suggestion: In your future videos, is it possible to use balls that make it easy to see the spin on the ball, something like Joola spin balls? It would then be super obvious to see the effects of the serve you are showing. BTW I say topspin at the end.

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

The timing of this comment! I found one but I'm also about to order some. So, they might not feature in the new couple of videos but they're on the way.

[@Patounette57]

Hi Craig, I was thinking the same thing. And... why not invite the slow mo guys to have a very good accuracy of the spins, movements, ball's rpm, high an lenght of the rebounds.... It should be nice with their phantom 😊😊 Friendly,

[@maddean3893]

Ovtcharovs Backhand Serve got us out of boredom of just Pendulum serves everywhere. He actually was awarded with “the best inventions 2008 award” by the times magazine. Just love the variety 😇

[@harrysheffield624]

Great video Craig. I enjoyed the captions on the RHS giving a breakdown of the constituent parts of the backhand serve. I realise now how versatile the BHS really is !!!

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@WynImmo]

Thank you Sir Craig for evey detail youve been showed for this serve

[@tt5cerchi]

Ciao from Italy,Thank you for you important advices! You are one of the best and we look alike 😅🏓

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

Thank you very much! You must be a good looking chap too :D

[@tt5cerchi]

@@TheTableTennisServiceGuy 😂you're also a nice, modest guy as well as good!

[@MrDaileonn]

Backspin 100% What helps is looking at the racket angle on contact. I played against someone recently who was really good at backhand serve and, like Craig, the arm/elbow motion is the same on all variations so that threw me off a bit the first times I faced it. Good thing for the receiver is that the racket is not concealed for very long so you have a opportunity to focus on the contact point. As for placement I always found this extremely hard to predict. Like Craig said, when the server maintains the same posture throughout their serves it really doesn't give away much and I feel like the backhand serve gives you such a nice angle for placing the ball anywhere you want. Definitely something I'll practice more! Thanks for yet another great video, Craig!

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

😁

[@TTKuzbass]

Very clear speech and super explaining. Nice to hear. Thx u for video.

[@jonisiah5774]

I think it's backspin! I like to use the backhand serve from the left of the table. Will try your method of serving from the right side of the table. Never done that before 😅 . Thanks for the awesome tips!

[@davidstevens4823]

Could we have a video or two on serves for when playing doubles as you don't have the whole table to play with? Thanks for all your great videos.

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

I'll add it to the list :)

[@chrislennartz9308]

great video! Thanks for your work. For me the most important part of playing backhand serve is indeed the grip. I am not the fastest to go back to shake hand after, for instance, reverse pendulum. Really liked the part on the different starting positions. I have come to like the far out position quite a bit recently, especially long with lots of side spin to the backhand side- ball moves off and then onto the table.

[@masterspin7796]

I have been winning more with these basic serves it also simplifies the balls that return from your serves.

[@philipjones5979]

great video , as newcomer to league TT will be working on this over next few months to add variety

[@ondrejsladek669]

Hi Craig, Many thanks for sharing the backhand serve very detailed instructions! I am a beginner (or intermediate??), playing mostly doubles. Your useful tips will really help me to improve my serve, which is very poor now. I have to practice because "practice makes perfect". Please send some tips for playing doubles. Greetings from the Czech Republic!

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

Doubles video is planned 👌

[@terrywilson7030]

Yes Perfect practice makes perfect....

[@barrycroucher602]

Great Video. So useful to have a safe service but which isn't obvious to the opponent. Thank you

[@oldtroutsfishing7804]

Very helpful. Thanks. Top spin.

[@alexfomo6830]

Lucky 😊 and Backspin I am practising for some months but much closer to the net. I think yours is really good to add another variaty.

[@jameshamilton6096]

Awesome instruction. Many thanks for the content.

[@christo7405]

Thanks you, good lesson

[@tabletennisbuddy]

...even Samsonov close to the end of his career, almost exclusively, used backhand serve in his matches, and that guy knows a thing or two about Table Tennis :-) It appears that with the backhand serve you could potentially serve right and left (watch Kong Linghui's hybrid own-developed serve and the backhand serve)..... Thanks for the vid! Big fan, as usual 🙂

[@naidron3804]

That helps soo much, more of that, thank you!

[@jpourson1479]

Hello Craig , What is your rubber and the wood please ? 😊 just for information 😊

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

Joola Rossi Emotion PBO-c with Dynaryz AGR :D

[@Martydogable]

Great video, top spin is what I see….I watch a guy’s channel called Loosee Looee who does a backhand serve with backspin that makes the ball come back to the net, I can make the ball stop but not come running back to the net, any idea what the trick is?

[@alextandoc6914]

Very helpful, thank you.

[@MauricioY_]

Lucky .... comes with hardwork ! 👍

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

👌

[@ultraparadoxical7610]

Service master!

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

😁

[@janbalompie9844]

backspin is the most difficult for me especially the one that stays on the table when serving (ghost serve)

[@zhuyilu]

I watched the last serve several times, and I think it's a topspin. But if I saw it the first time in a match, I wouldn't be sure.

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

Oooooh, how sure are you?! :)

[@cashewghost]

my guess: backspin serve@@TheTableTennisServiceGuy

[@chrisj2841]

Good videos man !

[@Smulan_66]

Basic and easy 🏓👏

[@alanmartinez7122]

Hi Craig. I've been waiting for this video for a long time. I ask you a question, in this service is the wrist important or is the arm used more to generate the spin? It is difficult for me to generate a strong spin on the backhand serve.

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

If the grip is not tight (just light enough) then you'll benefit from some wrist action in the serve, which will allow for more spin. So, yes, it can be important.

[@yinyanyo3948]

would a lot of these principles still apply to left handed players, if so how would it differ?

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

Serving to a left hander, yes

[@danvlasiu4757]

Could you please let us know what blade and what rubbers you use? Thank you

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

Rossi Emotion PBO-c with Dynaryz AGR

[@diannagray6799]

Lucky ... but the vast majority of the time you don't have to rely on luck (you make everything look so easy and I really love your videos). Thanks

[@AMTOBurma]

Thanks

[@phildurre9492]

i wish i could do that surventhat good

[@EmidioMariscotti]

Bonjour, How to make a good reverse service with a long pipe.Tkank you

[@zenzero27771]

For me is a topspin service, following the trajectory of the ball. True?

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

Double check…are you sure?

[@sashbar]

What blade/rubbers are you using? I had to switch to Rakza Z to improve my serves, but I'm not sure I like it on my 2nd/3rd balls.

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

I use Dynaryz AGR. Yeah, important to find a river that you’re comfortable with for all aspects of the game 👍

[@sashbar]

@@TheTableTennisServiceGuy Oh, great rubber. Too rich for my blood though.

[@АрнольдЧёрный]

Very good

[@diannagray6799]

Yes, Lucky 😇

[@cyrillehurstel]

13:25 backspin and later topspin.

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

It’s the same serve, just slowed down after 👍

[@cyrillehurstel]

@@TheTableTennisServiceGuy kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqqunIqIa6mVnKs a glance to you, it works even at my level

[@perp2011]

Looks top

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

Sure?!?

[@jpourson1479]

Back spin 😊

[@barrycroucher602]

Awesome. Is the jury still out ? Top or back spin ? Shows how good the technique is ! Using this serve a lot now . Many thanks Craig ! 😊🏓

[@hongruss9]

Backspin, as the bounce is closer to the net and is slower over the table.

[@ataylor3684]

Backspin 😊

[@mahiyarkhambatta7998]

Backhand topspin

[@maddean3893]

I’d go for Topspin

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

How sure are you?

[@TonyCorazon-x9c]

Werry got thenks

[@MahmoodElnasser]

Top spin

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

Hmmm, how sure are you?

[@MahmoodElnasser]

@@TheTableTennisServiceGuy looking at it again its hard to see the under spin disguised with arm lifting at the end. But looks to me slight under spin

[@philipzog]

شكرا

[@КириллВиноградов-т8ю]

Backspin

[@bobhoward3555]

Love the videos. How about backhand no spin variation? Maybe you could mention how to build a simple rebound board using old table tennis rubbers so people can confirm the spin they "think" they have applied to the serve. Cheers from Canada

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

No spin is always a useful variation. I’m definitely not skilled enough to talk about ‘how to build a return board.’ One of my clients has just sent me theirs though, so I’m sure that’ll feature soon.

[@MrDanmorgan07]

Guessing topspin

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

Ooooh, how sure are ya?!

[@mrsss0815]

Top Spin

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

Hmmm, how sure are you?

[@crazyrocketsurfer]

I think it´s topspin! 😅

[@giuseppetrane2764]

🎉

[@michaelleung9829]

top spin

[@prashsk]

Lucky indeed, it wasn't bad at all! 😂

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

:D

[@GuoJing2017]

Ding Ning!

[@BigJ1510]

Topspin, easy to see with 0,25 playback speed 😀

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

Oooooooo, are you sure? Even at 0.25?!?!?

[@serge.shikov]

@@TheTableTennisServiceGuyI'm pretty sure too. Topspin

[@BigJ1510]

@@TheTableTennisServiceGuy eeehm, Not any more 😅 by the way, I have a receiving-problem 😊

[@yohandudognon2800]

Your bat angle is quite flat at the hitting point and you take your ball early in your demi circle movement so I believe it is backspin.

[@iQiMuMu]

backspin, early touch/ brush

[@harrysheffield624]

Topspin.

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

Sure?!?!

[@JointyTv]

Please show at the beginning of your video how the serve looks so we can decide if we need this video. Give a preview

[@il9237]

Lucky! I'm a beginner, if somebody serves a backhand serve like this, should I aim the bat to the left or right if I want to return the ball to the middle of the table?

[@rfbooth]

General role is aim for where the bat is coming from in the motion. His bat starts at our right, so aim to our right.

[@il9237]

@@rfbooth nice one- thanks!

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

What @rfbooth said!

[@Oldzcule]

@@rfbooth this works in (mostly?) all classes. but sometimes i do exactly the other way, because he dont think, that this can happen. the surprise is on your side, even in a bit higher amateur leagues. (in pro league i dont know, i dont play there ^^)

[@il9237]

@@TheTableTennisServiceGuy great vid!

[@maddean3893]

Lucky !

[@fon00]

Topspin, I think 🤔

[@tdinh7609]

Both backspin

[@zzzap799]

Lucky ;)

[@buksi3761]

Backspin?

[@joeillingworth1141]

Lucky

[@Edgardotripaldi]

backspin

[@DragonWarrior976]

Answer to your challenge - it was a backspin serve.

[@jayaragay]

Backspin😅

[@paragkhare]

Lucky. Needs lots of practice.

[@IcoachTT]

I think you need to invest in a decent camera and light. Quality is very poor, shadows everywhere, grainy. YT is all about presentation

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

After watching back, I agree, the quality is off but I’ve used the same set up as before and the quality in the others has been okay. I had a different light (heater glowing red - it’s a cold hall!) on and perhaps that’s what’s distorted the picture.

[@ЭльмираАберхаева]

Its a topspin. Your elbow goes to the head

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

Or…did you fall for the movement?! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@fxschaeffer]

Backspin 💩

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

Interesting choice of emoji!

[@fxschaeffer]

Or maybe this one 🍀@@TheTableTennisServiceGuy

[@almajidi6692]

What is this nonsense of taking your jacket

[@verysmellygarlic]

I like it. It has become a signature intro

[@fatscouseblue]

Top spin

[@sudori511]

top spin

[@glennsutherland4895]

Backspin

[@The_Healeress]

Lucky!

[@mathealleinzuhaus6041]

Topspin

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

Ooooo, sure?

[@Oldzcule]

Lucky

[@jamie4u1431]

Backspin

[@JouTuubi]

Topspin

[@TheTableTennisServiceGuy]

How sure are you?!?!

[@JouTuubi]

@@TheTableTennisServiceGuy quite sure 😅

[@UmbertoA]

Lucky

[@richardklein2009]

Backspin

[@andiperusko]

Topspin

[@sulaimanhussain4668]

Lucky

[@harismirza1177]

Backspin

[@timbalabimba178]

Topspin

[@GravitySix-G6]

Lucky

[@swethamithun1532]

Backspin

[@dzas1987]

Topspin

[@MrRandomguy1001]

Topspin

[@ypanagiotis]

Backspin

[@nazarnazar4292]

What's your price? In how many lessons you correct this backhand service

[@DKGAMING-hw1id]

Backspin