Forehand Serve in Ping Pong

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Summary: Learn how to make a forehand serve in ping pong in this free video lesson on ping pong.

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Forehand Serve in Ping Pong

Now that we've established how to throw the ball up and make sure that the ball is clear of your hand what you're going to do is you can either hit forehand or a back hand serve. The idea with the serve is to keep your opponent guessing. You don't want to keep hitting the ball the same way to the same place on the table and on the serve you can hit it anyplace on the table it's not like tennis where you have to hit it into a certain area. Ping pong, as long as you hit the ball into any side of the table or on their side of the table the ball is in play. First you have to hit the ball onto your side, you cannot hit the ball in the air onto their side, it has to first hit your side of the table and then bounce over the net and then hit the other side. Now, the ways you can do it like I just demonstrated was a forehand throwing the ball up, hitting it down into the table and it bounces on to the other side. You can also do it with a back hand, throwing the ball up and just following through, bouncing it on your side of the table, over the net and then hitting the other side of the table. Either way is fine, but the main idea, especially when you're a beginner, is to vary your shot. Do not keep hitting the ball to the same spot, the guy on the other side if he's not a beginner he's going to be pounding the ball down your throat before you know it. So you want to keep varying your shot, keep moving it around keep your opponent guessing.