Improving Your Ping Pong Serves: How You Can Stop The Ball From Bouncing Too High Or Too Low During

By Author: Miodrag Trajkovic
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As a beginner player in the sport of ping pong, you have to know that serving is one of the most vital positions that you should make the most of. It is a position where you can begin the attack early on in the game, and it is also a position where you can keep your opponents on the defense and you on the offense.

However, you need to remember that serving an effective ball isn't as easy to do. In fact, many professional ping pong players still have problems with serving the ball. Now, what if you are a beginner and you are still learning the different kinds of services and you have a problem in keeping the ball at an optimum height and speed?

The most common problems that beginners have in serving the ball are that they either make the ball bounce too high or too low. When the ball is too high, you make it easy for your opponent to attack the ball and finish off the point early on in the game in their favor. On the other hand, if the ball is too low, it will be unable to clear the net automatically giving the point to your opponent.

An effective service is a service that will keep the ball low enough that ...
... it doesn't make it easy for your opponent to attack it and high enough that it will be able to clear the net once it bounces to the other side of the table.

So, here are some things that you need to practice in order to get the ball just right.

If the ball is very high, you might want to toss the ball a little lower. The higher you toss the ball during the serve, the higher the bounce will be. This is because of the extra speed it gets when it is falling down to make contact with your paddle. The opposite should be employed if the ball is too low or if it doesn't clear the net.

You will also want to make contact with the ball when the elevation is almost as high as the net. This will keep the ball at an optimum height, which will let it clear the net and at the same time, low enough that it can make it impossible for your opponent to attack.

Lastly, hit the ball a little more horizontally with your paddle. The angle of your paddle will contribute a lot of factors regarding the height of your ball. When the contact point is slightly facing up, then the ball will also bounce higher and vice versa.

These are the things that you need to remember when serving the ball. So, as a ping pong player, you have to remember that you should always practice your serves in order to keep the height at an optimum level.