How to do top quality BACKHAND serves (with Craig Bryant)
Summary
TLDRIn this instructional video, top coach and pro player Craig Bryant shares expert tips on mastering the backhand serve in table tennis. He demonstrates techniques for backspin, side spin, and topspin serves, emphasizing the importance of variety in serving to confuse opponents. Craig explains how to use the backhand serve effectively in matches and provides insights on positioning and stroke execution for different types of serves. The video is sponsored by Bribe RTT, offering a wide range of table tennis equipment.
Takeaways
- 🏓 The video features coach and pro player Craig teaching various backhand serves in table tennis.
- 🎾 Having a variety of serves, including backhand serves, makes it more challenging for opponents.
- 🤔 The backhand serve can help reach different parts of the table that may be difficult with a forehand serve.
- 📍 Craig suggests standing slightly side-on and to the side of the middle line for a more natural backhand serve execution.
- 🔄 To achieve backspin, the racket should be flattened and contact made under the ball's front part.
- 🌀 Craig prefers combining side spin with backspin for a more deceptive serve.
- 👋 Contacting the ball on the way down helps in creating a mix of backspin and side spin.
- 🔄 For side spin, the contact should be slightly later, focusing on pulling across with the racket on the bottom part.
- 📈 Topspin is created by contacting the ball in the middle of the racket on the way up during the stroke.
- 🎯 The serve's stroke should look similar regardless of the spin type to make it difficult for opponents to read.
- 👉 Despite setting up for one type of serve, it's possible to vary the serve's length and placement to different areas of the table.
Q & A
Who is the main instructor in the video on backhand serves in table tennis?
-The main instructor in the video is Craig, a top coach and pro player.
What types of backhand serves does Craig teach in the video?
-Craig teaches backspin serves, side spin serves, and topspin serves.
How does the backhand serve differ from a forehand serve in terms of table coverage?
-The backhand serve allows reaching different parts of the table that might be difficult to reach with a forehand serve, opening up different angles of play.
What is the recommended stance for executing a backhand serve according to the video?
-The recommended stance is to stand slightly side on to the table, which provides more room for the backswing and a cleaner execution of the serve.
How does the video suggest creating backspin on the ball during a backhand serve?
-To create backspin, the player should flatten the bat, look to contact the front part of the racket, and hit completely underneath the ball.
What combination of spin does Craig prefer to use for his backhand serve?
-Craig prefers to use a combination of side spin and backspin for his backhand serve.
How does the timing of contact with the ball differ between backspin, side spin, and topspin serves?
-For backspin, contact is made while the ball is on the way down. For side spin, contact is made slightly later, just as the player starts to pull across. For topspin, contact is made in the latter part of the stroke, on the way up.
What is the importance of having a similar stroke appearance for different types of serves?
-A similar stroke appearance makes the serve trickier to read for the opponent, as it is harder to predict the type of spin being applied based on the initial setup.
How can the backhand serve be used to target the opponent's forehand side?
-By setting up in a way that takes advantage of the right-hander's forehand side, the server can create a wider angle, even serving short to the backhand or long to the backhand by adjusting the contact point.
What is the sponsor of the video and what do they offer?
-The sponsor of the video is 'BRIBE', a table tennis company offering a wide range of rubbers, blade bats, balls, and clothing from various table tennis brands.
Where can viewers find more information about Craig's coaching services?
-Viewers can find more information about Craig's coaching services on his website at topedgetabletenniscoach.co.uk.
Outlines
🏓 Introduction to Backhand Serve Techniques
In this video, Tom Lesniak collaborates with top coach and professional player Craig Bryan to demonstrate various backhand serve techniques in table tennis. Craig will teach viewers how to perform backspin, side spin, and topspin serves, and discuss how to effectively utilize these serves in matches. The video is sponsored by Bribe RTT, offering a wide range of table tennis equipment. Tom emphasizes the importance of having a variety of serves to make it more challenging for opponents and explains the benefits of using backhand serves to reach different areas of the table. He also shares his personal stance preference for executing backhand serves, which involves standing slightly side-on to the table for a more natural swing and better access to different angles of play.
🎾 Mastering Serve Variations with Backhand Techniques
Craig Bryan continues the tutorial by explaining the nuances of creating backspin with a flat racket to hit under the ball, combining side spin with backspin for more deceptive serves, and the timing for different phases of the stroke to add variety and difficulty for opponents to read. He illustrates how to hit the ball at different stages of the stroke—downward for backspin, across for side spin, and upward for topspin—to create a serve that appears similar in setup but varies in effect. Craig also mentions that despite setting up for a particular serve, one can still vary the length and placement of the serve to keep the opponent guessing. The video concludes with acknowledgments to Craig for his coaching insights and to the video's sponsor, Bribe RTT. Tom invites viewers to subscribe for more content and provides information on how to learn more about Craig's coaching services.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Backhand Serve
💡Variety in Serve
💡Backspin Serve
💡Side Spin Serve
💡Topspin Serve
💡Stance
💡Contact Point
💡Serving Angles
💡Racket Position
💡Serving Strategy
💡Sponsor
Highlights
Tom Lesniak and Craig introduce a video on mastering backhand serves in table tennis.
Craig demonstrates techniques for backspin, side spin, and topspin serves.
Backhand serves can be used to reach different parts of the table, creating strategic advantages.
Tom discusses the benefits of having a variety of serves, making it harder for opponents.
Personal preference in stance and positioning for executing backhand serves is highlighted.
Craig explains the importance of room for backswing in the serving motion.
The technique for achieving clean backspin by flattening the bat and contacting the front part of the racket is shown.
Combining side spin with backspin is suggested for a more deceptive serve.
Craig demonstrates hitting the bottom part of the racket for side spin and backspin.
The timing of contact for side spin is discussed, emphasizing the importance of pulling across the ball.
Topspin serves are executed by contacting the ball in the middle of the racket on the way up.
Craig emphasizes the importance of making the stroke appear similar regardless of the type of spin.
The video covers how to serve to different areas of the table to keep opponents guessing.
Craig suggests starting with short forehand serves as a good practice point.
The video concludes with thanks to Craig for sharing his service tips and a call to action for viewers.
Information on Craig's coaching services and the sponsor, bribe our table tennis, is provided.
An invitation for viewers to subscribe for more videos and a farewell note is given.
Transcripts
hello I'm Tom Lesniak today I'm here
with top coach and pro player Craig
Bryan in this video Craig is going to
teach us how to do backhand serves he's
going to show us the technique for
backspin serves side spin serves and
topspin serves and it's going to explain
how we can use backhand serves
effectively in matches so if you want to
get good at doing backhand serves then
keep watching this video is brought to
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okay so the backhand serve is another
variety of service the more variety in
your serve you've got the more difficult
it can be for your opponent so the
backhand serve can sometimes allow you
to reach different parts of the table
that maybe you can't on the forehand so
for example if I was going to serve my
reverse serve down the line I'm having
to contort myself into quite an
uncomfortable position to create that
positioning on the table if I step
across and face that side then it's a
little bit easier little bit more
natural to be able to get the ball into
that short forehand so there are
benefits to to opening up different
angles of play with the backhand serve
so I tend to stand slightly this side of
the middle line that's a bit personal
preference have a little play around
with where is comfortable for you and I
tend to stand slightly side on so that
when I'm swinging I've got this room
here for a back swing if I understood a
bit Square and sometimes you can get in
the way so I stand a little bit more
side on and that gives me a little bit
more room to execute the serve I throw
the ball up my arms coming back up
towards my shoulder and then I'm looking
to contact the ball in front of me here
and then my back is just finishing up
words and to the side
you
so to get clean backspin will conserve
flatten the bat and we look into contact
the front part of the racket and we're
hitting completely underneath the ball
okay so that's that's how you get the
backspin on the ball the limitation with
that is that it's very obvious that
you're creating backspin for me a
personal preference would be to use side
spin and backspin so I'm adopting this
more sidon position and I'm looking to
create backspin and sidespin by hitting
the bottom part of the racket and I'm
contacting the ball on the way down
[Applause]
the site's been we're looking to contact
slightly later not quite on the way down
but just in this part here where we're
just starting to pull across still on
the bottom of the racket but we're
looking to pull more across and again we
have you can see that ball just moving
there
so before I've pulled up
on the way downsides been just slightly
on the way across and the topspin is in
that latter part of the phase of the
stroke so it's down and we're just
looking to contact more middle of the
racket and it's on the way up so
contacting the ball in these different
phases of the stroke the stroke should
all look fairly similar and that was
that's what makes the serve tricky to
read
so just because I'm setting myself up in
this way to take advantage of this
right-handers forehand side doesn't mean
that I can't serve short for the
backhand or long for the backhand I
would just be taking the the contact
slightly later to create that wider
angle so still use all of the table but
the short forehand is not a bad place to
start
[Applause]
thank you very much for watching and big
thanks to Craig Bryant for sharing his
service tips if you want more
information about Craig and his coaching
services go to Craig's website at top
edge table tennis coach UK also thanks
to the sponsor of this video bribe our
table tennis if you'd liked the video
please subscribe got many more videos
coming soon I'll see you then bye bye
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