How to Serve a Forehand Reverse in Ping Pong

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"SCOTT BROWDER: Now we'll go with the actual reverse type of a spin from the forehand side for the serve. So what we're going to do is, instead of cutting around the outside of the ball, we're going to actually break our wrist inside. So our thumb is actually leading down towards the table, coming around and down. So it'll actually put the exact opposite spin on the ball that you've just hit. So if you already hit a shot with the spin coming to the outside and around, which is going to break to the right, you flip your wrist back the other way and the ball is going to break to the guy's left. So another way to keep the man guessing where you're going to hit the ball. And you want to disguise your wrist in to the last possible second. A lot of the pro's, they will actually serve so that you can't, they'll throw the ball up and they'll serve almost under their arms so that you can't see what the wrist is doing. Because once you get to that level, the opponent knows, with the wrist going this way or that way, where the ball's going to break. So they try to hide that. So again, what we're going to do is we're going to lead with the thumb coming down, making contact, keeping the ball low. So, as you see, you can put some sidespin, use your arm a little bit as you come through and even use your body if you want and come through the ball. And that will increase the amount of speed on the ball and the amount of spin on the ball. But you have to stay low. And that's one of the things that we need to cover next, is about body positioning on the serve."