The deadly KICKER serve ... in-depth tutorial with Craig Bryant
Summary
TLDRIn this instructional video, Tom Lonziak introduces viewers to the 'kicker serve' secrets of service genius Craig Bryant. Craig demonstrates how to execute topspin and backspin serves with deceptive actions to confuse opponents. The video showcases the serve's effectiveness through footage of various players, including former professional Paul Whiting, struggling to return the serve. It concludes with an invitation to explore more about Craig's techniques and a thank you to Brybar Table Tennis for sponsoring the content.
Takeaways
- 🎾 The video features Tom Lonziak and Craig Bryant discussing the 'kicker serve' in table tennis.
- 🤓 Craig Bryant is a service genius who shares detailed insights into his serve techniques.
- 🔄 The video includes different variations of the serve, emphasizing the importance of having a diverse repertoire.
- 🏓 Creating topspin is a key aspect of the serve, involving a neutral grip and contact near the top of the racket.
- 🎱 After making contact for topspin, the racket comes down quickly to create the illusion of backspin.
- 🔄 Backspin serves are also discussed, with the challenge of making bounces appear similar to topspin serves.
- 👀 The importance of brushing contact on the backspin to avoid sending a 'bouncy nothing ball' is highlighted.
- 🤔 The video demonstrates a 'double bluff' serve, where the server creates topspin that looks like backspin.
- 👨🏫 Former professional player Paul Whiting is shown struggling with the serve, illustrating its difficulty.
- 📹 The video includes footage of various players attempting to return Craig's serves, showing the universal challenge.
- 📚 The video is sponsored by Brybar Table Tennis and also promotes Craig's website for more information.
Q & A
Who is the main instructor in the video discussing the service secrets?
-The main instructor in the video is Craig Bryant, a service genius in table tennis.
What type of serve is being discussed in the video?
-The video discusses the 'kicker serve', a difficult serve to return in table tennis.
What is the purpose of the video?
-The purpose of the video is to teach viewers how to develop a difficult serve to return, focusing on the kicker serve and its variations.
Who is Tom Lonziak in the context of the video?
-Tom Lonziak is the person introducing the video and the special treat of learning the service secrets from Craig Bryant.
What company is sponsoring the video?
-Breibar Table Tennis is sponsoring the video, a company that sells a wide range of table tennis equipment.
How does Craig Bryant create topspin in his serve?
-Craig Bryant creates topspin by contacting the ball near the top of his racket and using his wrist to flick the ball upwards after making contact.
What is the illusion that Craig Bryant tries to create after making contact with the ball for topspin?
-After making contact with the ball for topspin, Craig Bryant quickly brings his racket down to create the illusion that he has created backspin.
Why is it important to have different variations of the serve according to the video?
-Having different variations of the serve is important to confuse opponents and make it more difficult for them to predict the type of spin on the ball.
How does Craig Bryant create backspin in his serve?
-Craig Bryant creates backspin by taking the backspin ball a little bit higher and pushing it into the table, ensuring a good brushing contact on the backspin.
What is the 'double bluff' technique mentioned in the video?
-The 'double bluff' technique involves creating topspin that looks like backspin due to the downward action of the racket, followed by an upward movement to disguise the actual topspin.
How can viewers find out more about Craig Bryant?
-Viewers can find out more about Craig Bryant by visiting his website at topedgetabletennis.co.uk.
Outlines
🏓 Introduction to the Kicker Serve
In this video, Tom Lonziak introduces a special treat for table tennis enthusiasts: learning the secrets of a service genius, Craig Bryant's kicker serve. The serve is known for its difficulty to return and is explained in detail, including its variations. Footage of various players, including Tom himself, struggling against the serve is shown to emphasize its effectiveness. The video is sponsored by Brybar Table Tennis, a company offering a wide range of table tennis equipment. Tom explains the initial steps to create topspin and the deceptive follow-through that gives the illusion of backspin.
🎾 Mastering Variations of the Kicker Serve
The video script delves into the importance of having different variations of the kicker serve, particularly focusing on creating both topspin and backspin. Craig Bryant demonstrates how to make the bounces appear similar, despite the extreme differences in spin, by adjusting the height at which the ball is served. He emphasizes the need for a good brushing contact to avoid sending a 'bouncy nothing ball' that opponents could easily hit through. The script also covers different finishing techniques to add to the deception and confusion for the opponents.
🤔 The Challenge of Reading the Serve
The final paragraph of the script highlights the challenge of reading the serve, especially when faced with subtle movements and false actions that can confuse the receiver. It includes footage of Paul Whiting, a former professional player and head coach, struggling to return Craig's serves. The script suggests that the key to reading the spin is to pay close attention to the racket movement. It concludes with a thank you to Craig Bryant for sharing his service secrets and to Brybar Table Tennis for sponsoring the video, with a promise of more videos to come.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Service Secrets
💡Kicker Serve
💡Topspin
💡Backspin
💡Racket Movement
💡Breibar Table Tennis
💡Double Bluff
💡Variations
💡Contact Point
💡Disguise
💡Bounce
Highlights
Tom Lonziak introduces a special treat in the form of a video tutorial on the service secrets of a service genius.
Craig Bryant returns to demonstrate his kicker serve in more detail, including variations that are difficult to play against.
Footage is provided showing various players, including Tom, struggling with Craig's serve.
The video is sponsored by Brybar Table Tennis, offering a wide range of table tennis equipment.
Craig explains the technique for creating topspin with a neutral grip and how to produce the kick.
The importance of having different serve variations is emphasized for confusing opponents.
Craig demonstrates how to create backspin with a similar bounce to the topspin serve for deception.
The technique for brushing the ball with backspin and the importance of a good contact point are discussed.
Different finishes are shown to create various effects and further confuse opponents.
Craig introduces the concept of a 'double bluff' serve, where topspin is disguised as backspin.
Footage of Paul Whiting, a former professional player and head coach, struggling with Craig's serve is shown.
The difficulty of reading the spin due to Craig's subtle movements and false actions is highlighted.
Participants at the Plymouth training camp are shown attempting to return Craig's serves, emphasizing the challenge.
The video concludes with a reminder to watch for more videos and a thank you to Craig Bryant and Brybar Table Tennis.
Transcripts
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hello my name is tom lonziak in this
video i've got a special treat for you
you're going to be learning the service
secrets of a service genius yes craig
bryant is back and he is once again
going to be telling us
about his kicker serve this is one of
the serves that craig has
talked about before but he's going to go
into a lot more detail about the serve
and all the different variations that he
does
and it is horrible to play against we've
got footage of me dealing with it but
footage of much better players with me
trying to deal with it as well and you
can see how much we all struggle so if
you want to develop a
really really difficult
serve to return then this is the video
for you
this video is supported by breibar table
tennis the best table tennis company
they sell a wide range of
bats balls rubbers blades tables and all
kinds of table tennis equipment go to
the brybar website at bribertt.co.uk
okay so we're going to go into the
detail around
the kicker serve
look at how you produce topspin how you
eventually produce the kick
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so first of all when i'm trying to
create topspin
um i try and have a neutral grip
uh kind of like a playing grip i might
turn it in slightly so it turns into a
bit of a backhand grip
my back's open
and i'm trying to contact the ball uh
near the top of my racket and all i'm
trying to do is just push around the top
of the ball when i try and move that on
and try and create a little bit more top
spin but then my wrist is just going to
flick the ball upwards that creates a
little bit more top spin
once i've made that contact then my
racket comes down quickly to try and
give the illusion that i've created
backspin so here
small action to create topspin
big false action afterwards to give the
illusion that backspin has happened
okay so we'll have a little look at that
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so
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um
so really important that you have
different variations of the serve
for me the complete opposite is being
able to create backspin
and the difficulty is to try and make
the bounces look as similar as possible
when i'm serving the kick serve
because there's quite extreme topspin it
tends to bounce quite high
and typically when you're serving with
backspin the bounce will stay quite low
so for me to try and create a similar
bounce
i will take the backspin ball
a little bit higher
so that i'm pushing the ball into the
table it goes a little bit higher
but it can create the effect
of a kick and that's where people can
sometimes
make a mistake
again important to make sure that you're
making a good brushing contact on the
backspin otherwise you're sending in a
bouncy nothing ball and that's dangerous
that someone might be able to hit
through it so
technically what we're trying to do
is brush here through the bottom of the
racket slightly underneath
okay and as soon as i've made contact i
can either replicate the finish before
and just stay down
or i can try and make contact here and
as soon as i've created the backspin
then my racket can move up in a topspin
fashion
okay so i've got a couple of different
finishes
again just to try and create some
some different effects and to confuse
opponents as to as to what's happening
let's have a little look at a couple of
backspin serves
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you
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uh why
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okay if i want to take it one step
further then i'll sometimes try and
double bluff i'll sometimes create
topspin that hopefully they won't be
able to see too much of it
and they'll see this action that i
create downward
so hopefully it looks to them like i'm
trying to create backspin
once i've done that i'll again move the
racket upwards to make it look like i'm
trying to disguise the backspin
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so often they think they're one step
ahead and because i'm double bluffing
you know i still get the same reaction
they come in with the push ball and the
ball pops up so i'll be creating topspin
moving down quickly and then afterwards
look like i'm disguising the ball quite
badly and again that's that double bluff
effect on the serve so quite complex but
again if you're able to do it and to
take it to that sort of level then can
be yeah huge benefits to doing that
let's have a little look at that
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so
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number three
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so here's paul whiting former
professional player and uh head coach at
plymouth table tennis club you can see
paul's finding it really hard too
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yeah that was just the obvious one
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he's gone there he is gone there
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and now it's my turn
and as you would expect i'm finding this
really quite difficult there's so much
subtlety to craig's movements
and so it's really hard to pick out when
it's top spinning when it's backspin and
then he has all these false movements
which confuses you even more and when
you start doubting yourself
then your shots become even worse and it
goes downhill pretty quickly
and here's some of the participants at
the plymouth training camp trying to
return craig serves as well
see if you can read the spin of any
craig serves really pay close attention
to craig's racket movement and see if
you can pick it out
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how
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wow
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ugh
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oh it's a dodgy ball that one
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thank you very much for watching and a
big thank you to craig bryant for
sharing his service secrets if you want
to find out more about craig go to
craig's website at top edge table tennis
dot co
dot uk and also a big thank you to
brybar table tennis for sponsoring this
video i'll have plenty more videos
coming soon so i'll see you then bye bye
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