Hello and welcome back to another video! The title of this video
isn't clickbait - we have not one but TWO of the best spin server's in the world
that are gonna help us teach you the spin serve, it's gonna be an amazing video so let's get to it :D
We are at the German National Badminton Centre with one of the world's best badminton players
and more importantly one of the world's best spin servers and he's going to teach us how to do a spin serve!
So firstly how do you start? Like all I know, all we know is that you kind of chop the
shuttle and come under it! How have you learnt? So my basic first idea was when you spin
at the net like the angle of the shuttle is like not completely straight normally but with a
little bit of an angle yeah yeah so I try to not have it like straight at the face of the racket
yeah but like a little turn to the side yeah like this! So you hold it differently? Yeah correct
that's the first thing! I just start by holding it differently than I would start with a normal serve!
Yeah and I think everyone does that, we've just done some clips with Aaron Chia who has probably
got the second best spin serve in the world and he holds it differently so that's the first thing
I wouldn't say that I have the best spin serve in the world but
I think you do, we think you do!! :P
The way you hold the shuttle for me it has to point a little bit to the right yeah for you it
has like to the left but most of the players I don't know why I start pointing it to the left
but it would just like turn to its normal flight position then yeah so you have to turn it to the
right otherwise it won't work! So for right-handers turn to the right yeah for left-handers turn to
the left yeah like that, like we'll show in the clips! And then your second thing is of course
repetition I would say yeah try and like get a feeling for how you have to hit the
shuttle so you don't hit the feathers because if you hit the feathers actually the spin goes
out of shuttle totally so no spin but if you like really try and focus on hitting the head of the
shuttle yeah it starts tumbling a lot! Of course we don't want to share your secrets so that all
your opposition can now do this perfect spin serve but I know it's not as easy as that is it?!
How much did you practice at the start? A lot, like really really a lot! And that's why also
I'm confident with standing here in this video and just showing how I do it because it's really
not simple it takes a ton of work! How many hours? I don't know in total in my life?
Yeah! 100 at least. Just practicing the spin serve? Yeah. At the end of a session? Yeah
after every session normally I go make some serves especially when I started it I was like addicted
sometimes one and a half hours after training i was still standing like one and a half hours
how do I do it and yeah! Aaron Chia he said it's just about repetition and practice to get that feeling
The first few times it's not really easy but it takes time so keep on practicing!
And do you hit through through it or do you try and slice it? Yeah I
try to go from left to right as a right hander you would have to go the other way around right
to left correct so like a little bit like to the left inside and then yeah outside
But can you still flick from that position? It is possible yeah
It's of course a little different than the normal flick yeah but I use it in matches as well
sometimes because it's quite obvious that I will do the spin serve when I like hold the shuttle like
this yeah but then most of the time people only think about the spin serve and not about the flick
so it can be quite effective then! But also your spin serve is so good even if they know it's coming
they still can't do anything with it!! I mean the best in the world they can definitely return it
but yeah against lower ranked players I have the feeling that sometimes they're like
I don't know what to do with the shuttle which is a good feeling! They just hit it up
which is the aim of the spin serve isn't it?! Hit it up or hit it out!
So because you're slicing it a little bit, do you think the string tension
is important? I think it's easier with a harder string yeah, tighter? Yeah yeah and also I think
which string you're using can make a difference because some are putting on a little bit more
spin on the shuttle than others, is that because so it's not really just the thickness it's also
the texture of the string? Yeah okay, what about the different shuttles? Oh yeah it
makes actually quite a difference! So with Yonex shuttles like it's quite consistent
yeah um I think I can get a good spin on on the shuttle but it's it's very consistent I
think with Victor shuttles for example they spin a lot more and like unpredictable a little bit yeah
which makes it harder for the opponents to return, but sometimes maybe harder for you as well? Yes correct
So you're going to rate my spin serve then after I've just learned from the expert, so...
that's pretty good! I think what you could do better is like feeling a longer contact okay
like right now you're like doing like this but it's more of a like controlled motion
OHH! It's really good!! I've learnt it! Is it possible to do it in mixed doubles?
It is possible but it's a lot harder because you're further away from the net yeah the shuttle
turns to its normal flight position yeah earlier because there's more time yeah yeah correct
but yeah I did use it in mixed doubles as well but then I stepped a little further in front than
what I would do with a normal serve. After we got carried away practicing Marvin gave even more tips
such as holding your racket at an angle like this in a bevel grip
and hitting the shuttle a little bit higher up on the strings, around here. So that's it for this spin
serve tutorial or you sometimes call it the curve serve don't you? When I played with you the other
day it was curve serve! It sounds good! Hopefully you've really enjoyed it thank you very much to
Marvin for teaching us everything he knows about this and once again it's not that easy
so make sure you practice it a lot and it really can can work especially when your opponents are
toeing the line! That genuinely could be one of my favourite videos so far I've honestly learned
so much a massive thank you to Marvin Seidel! If you want to go and say thanks and follow him we'll put his
Instagram here and also Aaron Chia Olympic Bronze medalist we'll put his instagram here
Genuinely two of the best spin servers in the world! If you enjoyed this video
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