How to get more spin on your serves

In this video, top coach and service expert, Craig Bryant, explains how to get more spin on your serves.

Having spinny serves will help you put your opponent under more pressure, make mistakes or give weaker return of serves.

In the video, Craig shows how to generate spin using your forearm and wrist. He demonstrates how to generate backspin, sidespin and topspin and crucially how to generate MORE backspin, sidespin and topspin.

Brush + wrist + racket speed = SPIN

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[LiChengll]

Eyes: Yes, now I can do dis
Hand: No you can't

[hanshausen]

The explanations were good but it would have me helpful if you could have zoomed in more to his hands while he was serving.. Thanks

[gr]

The advice to practise first by using only the forearm motion, and only after by adding the wrist, immediately and drastically improved my heavy backspin. Thank you!

[rivergal]

So far this is the clearest demonstration of racket movement during served. My eyeballs almost pop out watching even slowmos of other videos but I could never catch the strokes. Thanks bunch.

[johnwhite]

This one is massively relevant for what I'm working on with serves. The slo-mo is fabulous, and his explanations are crystal clear. Well done!

[.shantanutambe]

Students in my college have no idea what's coming their way

[ABL]

Thanks now i always beat my friends and they blame wind😂

[asan]

my family members have no clue what is about to come >:)

[reallordduck]

I have been trying to learn good spin serves for a very long time, thank you.

[deldridg]

Thank you! I might get in some sneaky practice while my 12yo son is at school tomorrow. Beating the little bugger is getting harder and harder - so your advice is much appreciated! I hope he doesn't discover your channel... Cheers from Sydney - Dave ;-)

[gabbarngh]

Probably the easiest tutorial and best explanation regarding spins.

[manavmodi]

gonna try these tips. the video was CLEAR

[robertmartian]

these craig bryant vids are GENIUS!!!! thank you

[tayfunkayabasi]

It was a very instructive video. Congratulations, Mr. Tom.

[rrrprogram]

Forehand loop tutorials for intermediate player is a When can we expect

[sqrt-equalsneonrubindium]

Hey Tom, I want to use a few clips from this video in my video on the physics behind spin. I will of course credit the shots accordingly. Is this cool? Great vid ;)

[swarooptagore]

very gud tips to improve spin as a tt player this is one of the best instructional videos.

[waterwater]

playback speed 0.5x:
0:38 how to create spin
1:49 back spin
3:11 side spin
5:08 top spin
5:49 brush+wrist+speed=spin

[kytv]

I've always doing the side spin from the side of the ball, but in this video he did it from the bottom. After giving some thought about it, I think brushing from side of the ball gives more trouble because the other player almost exclusively touch the ball vertically and it will lead the ball to the sides of the table upon touching, whereas brushing from the bottom of the ball does make the ball going to side of the table upon landing on the table before getting to the other player. IMHO, side brushing is more threatening in most scenarios. What do you think?

[yasseramin]

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