Thank you so much for your videos they’re quite helpful we play house game where they don’t switch after serving it’s a house rule it bugs me I’m going to send it to them thanks again
Hi i have a question. When in doubles, do you have to serve towards your opponent who is diagonally to you? Or can you serve towards him with a very wide diagonal spin? Making him reach to his right and going close to the net. As I understand, all you have to do is to serve to your doubles opponent who is diagonally opposite you, and just make sure the ball bounces just once anywhere in his area no matter what type of spin you use. Correct? Meaning there are no vertical boundaries when you serve.
I think what you are trying to say is correct. You must serve from your right hand box diagonally to your opponent's right hand box. But as long as it bounces in these you can serve it anywhere in those boxes.
As long as it was otherwise a legal serve it is called a let and you don't lose the point. However if it touches the net and then falls in the wrong side you do lose the point. Does that make sense?
Do you have a video showing the best way to move between partners ? Today at my club one complained that i am always in his way ...like i am playing in single @ center of the table ...i try to move away as fast i can ...some say to move sideway , other say to backup ? Thanks to both.
This can be tricky. We do have a premium video on doubles tactics which talks a little about this: www.pingskills.com/tutorials/doubles-tactics You want to move just enough to be out of the way but not too far otherwise you will not be in a good position for your next shot.
The team that wins the toss can decide if they will serve or receive. Whichever team serves, the other team decides who receives in the first game. So a lot of doubles teams will choose to receive first so they can decide on the receiver.
Question! for singles and doubles, during a serve, if the player were to toss the ball but fail to hit it or make contact is it a point for the opponent or a let? Is there anything in the ittf handbook to support this? I'm having a sort of tournamet this Friday and would like to clear it up.
I have been playing table tennis for 4 months. I found your channel like a month ago. I have a question. I see you doing lots of ghost serves and short backspin serves. But why don't professionals use them? They generally use pendulum serves and the other stuff. I hope you'll answer.
The problem with ghost serves is they are normally too slow, and hard to execute perfectly every time in a real match. The players gain more advantage by varying the spin, speed, and placement of their regular serves.
You are an Olympic trainer as far as I know, if you, the responding guy, are the guy represting the videos. In addition, you seem to be a good player. How can it be so hard for you to generate a very high backspin? You just throw the ball higher than the usual for extra spin and hit a backspin with a nice angle. Okay its not as easy as it is on the theory, but still I thought you could pull it off. Even though you can't, these Chinese guys on the arena should be.
Yes they can do the serve but it will be very high and the receiver can simply go around the side of the table and smash it away for a winner. That's why they don't use it in a match situation.
Hi, if a ball is obviously going out, can a player catch it or strike it with his or her bat without losing the point? Is there a rule concerning this?
As long as it has passed the end line you can hit it and the point is yours but if you hit it on the full before the end line you lose the point. Here's a video explaining the rule - www.pingskills.com/table-tennis/rules/hitting-the-ball-before-it-bounces/
Dab4meh If you don't remember who serves next. Always remember who serves at the start of your game. From that, you can calculate who serves who. If you don't know whether if it's their first or last service, ADD THE TOTAL SCORE. If the sum is an odd number, then it's his/her's or your's last service, if the sum is an even number then it's his/her's or your's first service. Always remember in every 2 points the server will change.
When you swap ends, the team that did not serve first in the previous game, serves first in this game. Then the receivers must be different from the previous game.
Yes, for the length of the game. At the end of the game you switch and serve to the other person for the whole of that game. Does that clear things up?
@@anmolkaran57 Different partners use different symbols. Because in doubles you can only serve to one side of the table, generally the signals represent backspin, no-spin, sidespin, or topspin. There is also usually a signal to say if the serve will be short or long.
Ah good point. For the next game the team that received first, now serves first. They choose which player will serve, and they serve to the opponent they did not serve to in the previous game.
Hello Pingskills! Can you do a tutorial video on the Inside-Out Forehand please? I'm a right-handed player and when I do my forehand topspin/loop, it always trails off to the left.
Nice video. Question if in a service if ball touches the net and goes in the wrong box then, is it a reservice or point to opposition. Also if continued 2 service are re service then is it a point to opposition 3 time it's a reservice or it can go for as long. Love from India
If the service does not land in the correct box when playing doubles, it is a fault even if it touches the net. So it must otherwise be a legal serve to be a let. And you can have an infinite number of lets in a row as we discuss in the following video: www.pingskills.com/tutorials/table-tennis-rules/how-many-lets Enjoy your table tennis!
Jeff looking awesome. Thanks. U didnt mention that that team starting serve can select the receiving partner or its receiving pair to drcide who will pick first. Plz clear this point
Good point. The receiving team decides who will be the receiver for the first point. This stays the same for the first set, and then for each subsequent set you must switch who you are playing to.
Great question. In an official tournament it is the umpire who decides. If you are playing with your friends it might be best to call it a let and replay the point.
Hello Pingskills! We were playing mixed double 21 points game of 5 sets. After 4 set score was 2-2 then 5th game my opponent(A and B) ask to change serves (I was serving to-A and asked to serv to B) when I were 10 and they were 7 as a international rule, is it correct ? even if this is correct if they reach the score to17 (7+10) dose serve will change again(I mean i will serve back to A).
Thank you, your videos are very Helpful. I have a question, if you can help me. In a doubles game during serve if the ball touches the net and lands on the left side of the opponents table will it be a let or a fault?
Hi, how are you? Your videos are very interesting, thank you very much. Y have a question about the central line, when the ball is considered in the right side? This question is because different points of view will make different results. Thank you!
@@pingskills hi, thanks for the replay, but what I want to say is the ball can be seen above the line, but not rest in in, let say that the mayor part of the ball is in the left part?
It is still in if the majority of the ball is on the left of the line but part of the ball still touches the line. That is, if any part of the ball touches the line when it bounces then it is in.
@@pingskills are you considering that the only way that the ball touches physically the line is when it has 50% in each side? Can you make a photo of different position of the ball that can be considered in or out? I really appreciate your answers, thank you very much
if the serve moves diagonaly from right hand to right hand and moves aways from horizontal side and move to the vertical side then is it a point to the other team
but who serves when you start a new set? people say that you are supposed to switch the order of A serving on X and B serving on Y to A serving on Y and B serving on X, but I cant find it anywhere in the rules.
@@z0uLess I didn't quite follow that. Whichever team is serving can decide which one of them will serve first in the set. Then you must ensure that the order has changed from the previous set.
@@pingskills This is what the official ITTF rulebook says: "In each game of a doubles match, the pair having the right to serve first shall choose which of them will do so and in the first game of a match the receiving pair shall decide which of them will receive first; in subsequent games of the match, the first server having been chosen, the first receiver shall be the player who served to him or her in the preceding game." This means that, if A served on X at the start of the first set, then X serves on A at the start of the second set. Am I right?
@@z0uLess X would serve to A but it does not need to be at the start of the set. The rule states that in subsequent games of the match, the first server having been chosen. This means the serving team can choose who is the first server each set.
Hi guys love your videos, We have a question, one of the players in my group of player is left handed and when he receives the service he started at the corner in line with the table but as soon as the ball is up he moves almost half way along the table so he will then smashes the ball and you will lose the point, what are the rules about this? Thank you Victor
Hi Victor, the player can stand wherever they like to return the serve including moving down the side of the table. I think this is an advantage for left handed players when returning serves in doubles. One tactic to stop this is to serve the ball low over the net and close to the centre line. I hope that helps. Cheers, Jeff.
For beginners the PingSkills Rook, for more advanced players the PingSkills Rook with either Mark V, Rakza 7 or Tenergy 05. Take a look at this video for more information - www.pingskills.com/table-tennis/equipment-lessons/choosing-a-table-tennis-bat/
The PingSkills Rook is a pre-made bat and the PingSkills Touch is a custom bat. You can find them all on the link I gave below to the PingSkills website.
00:39 После того, как вы сделали две подачи, вы должны поменяться с партнером сторонами. Соперники остаются каждый на своей стороне и их очередь делать подачи 00:53 После того как соперники сделали две подачи - их очередь меняться сторонами, а вы остаетесь каждый на своей стороне. 01:05 Теперь вновь ваша очередь делать 2 подачи соперникам
It seems weird that before you made some difficult tutorials but now the rules of the game.Are you run out of content?But still,i didnt know these rules.
I finally found someone who explained it simply and clearly
Thank you so much for your videos they’re quite helpful we play house game where they don’t switch after serving it’s a house rule it bugs me I’m going to send it to them thanks again
You're welcome. Good luck convincing your friends to switch to the official rules.
Hi Ping Skills can you make a video showing different serves and how to do them
We have a whole course on this on the PingSkills website - www.pingskills.com/table-tennis/serving-secrets/
Hi i have a question. When in doubles, do you have to serve towards your opponent who is diagonally to you? Or can you serve towards him with a very wide diagonal spin? Making him reach to his right and going close to the net.
As I understand, all you have to do is to serve to your doubles opponent who is diagonally opposite you, and just make sure the ball bounces just once anywhere in his area no matter what type of spin you use. Correct?
Meaning there are no vertical boundaries when you serve.
I think what you are trying to say is correct. You must serve from your right hand box diagonally to your opponent's right hand box. But as long as it bounces in these you can serve it anywhere in those boxes.
What if the ball touches the net during serve and falls on the receiving side but on the same half
Who serves when it is a deuce?Do we have to change position after each serve?
Yes, you change after each serve using the same method as during the set.
what about this... if I served and ball after touching the net fell on the right half of table. is this point lose? Or I can reserve?
As long as it was otherwise a legal serve it is called a let and you don't lose the point. However if it touches the net and then falls in the wrong side you do lose the point. Does that make sense?
Jeff's beard looks beautiful!!!
Do you have a video showing the best way to move between partners ? Today at my club one complained that i am always in his way ...like i am playing in single @ center of the table ...i try to move away as fast i can ...some say to move sideway , other say to backup ?
Thanks to both.
This can be tricky. We do have a premium video on doubles tactics which talks a little about this: www.pingskills.com/tutorials/doubles-tactics
You want to move just enough to be out of the way but not too far otherwise you will not be in a good position for your next shot.
How to decide which player will serve and which player will receive out of the 2?
The team that wins the toss can decide if they will serve or receive. Whichever team serves, the other team decides who receives in the first game. So a lot of doubles teams will choose to receive first so they can decide on the receiver.
while serving if the ball landed on the white line in the middle does it count as IN or OUT?
The line is in.
Question! for singles and doubles, during a serve, if the player were to toss the ball but fail to hit it or make contact is it a point for the opponent or a let? Is there anything in the ittf handbook to support this? I'm having a sort of tournamet this Friday and would like to clear it up.
As soon as you throw the ball up, it is in play so you must make a legal serve or you lose the point.
what is the ball lands on the center line?
The line is IN!
I have been playing table tennis for 4 months. I found your channel like a month ago. I have a question.
I see you doing lots of ghost serves and short backspin serves. But why don't professionals use them? They generally use pendulum serves and the other stuff. I hope you'll answer.
The problem with ghost serves is they are normally too slow, and hard to execute perfectly every time in a real match. The players gain more advantage by varying the spin, speed, and placement of their regular serves.
You are an Olympic trainer as far as I know, if you, the responding guy, are the guy represting the videos. In addition, you seem to be a good player. How can it be so hard for you to generate a very high backspin? You just throw the ball higher than the usual for extra spin and hit a backspin with a nice angle. Okay its not as easy as it is on the theory, but still I thought you could pull it off. Even though you can't, these Chinese guys on the arena should be.
Yes they can do the serve but it will be very high and the receiver can simply go around the side of the table and smash it away for a winner. That's why they don't use it in a match situation.
Im so thankful for your answers. Keep up the work, you guys rock!
What if the ball hits the net and drops in the opposite side (not the diagonally opposite)?
Anything that hits the net and fouls during a serve is still considered a foul
Its the point to the opponent
Sir can u make a video on deuce rules??? Pllllllleeeeeeaaaaassssseeeee sir
Techtronics what
Good suggestion.
Hi, if a ball is obviously going out, can a player catch it or strike it with his or her bat without losing the point? Is there a rule concerning this?
As long as it has passed the end line you can hit it and the point is yours but if you hit it on the full before the end line you lose the point. Here's a video explaining the rule - www.pingskills.com/table-tennis/rules/hitting-the-ball-before-it-bounces/
When I'm playing a singles match, how do I know who serves? I know about the 2 serves each rule, but I normally forget who serves.
Dab4meh Just remember every 2 points, server changes
I know that, but i forget who last served and if it was their 1st or 2nd serve.
Dab4meh If you don't remember who serves next. Always remember who serves at the start of your game. From that, you can calculate who serves who. If you don't know whether if it's their first or last service, ADD THE TOTAL SCORE. If the sum is an odd number, then it's his/her's or your's last service, if the sum is an even number then it's his/her's or your's first service. Always remember in every 2 points the server will change.
Ok thanks!
Is the line good? We never worry about lines in singles so it made me wonder.
Yes, the line is in!
@@pingskills thank you Alois and Jeff
What about when you swap ends? Why did you miss out on this... Etc, etc..?! Too many people need to know!!!
When you swap ends, the team that did not serve first in the previous game, serves first in this game. Then the receivers must be different from the previous game.
How to get the maximum spin on my serves.
fast contact on the ball. You need to brush the ball really fast.
Fu.......k finally someone explained it 😅😅😅😅 so We have been doing it the wrong way
I'm glad we were able to help!
So you are always serving to the same person?
Yes, for the length of the game. At the end of the game you switch and serve to the other person for the whole of that game. Does that clear things up?
You're not actually saying the ball must bounce in the server's quadrant. You are saying the serve must be "from" the server's quadrant.
Hmmm, good point. The ball certainly does need to bounce in the server's quadrant.
After 30 min. I having my match but for the first time I'm playing doubles 😅
Nice, that's a good simple overview :)
Thanks!
Hi
Why do professionals point under the table in doubles? What does it mean?
They are usually telling their partner through signals what type of serve they will be doing, or where they are planning on returning the ball.
@@pingskills So if a right-handed player pointed to his right, then would they mean they would be doing some sort of sidespin pendulum serve?
@@anmolkaran57 Different partners use different symbols. Because in doubles you can only serve to one side of the table, generally the signals represent backspin, no-spin, sidespin, or topspin. There is also usually a signal to say if the serve will be short or long.
You have to tell what happens for the next game: who will serve and who will receive; that’s more you should explain! Thanks!
Ah good point. For the next game the team that received first, now serves first. They choose which player will serve, and they serve to the opponent they did not serve to in the previous game.
Hello Pingskills! Can you do a tutorial video on the Inside-Out Forehand please? I'm a right-handed player and when I do my forehand topspin/loop, it always trails off to the left.
Take a look at this - www.pingskills.com/table-tennis/strokes-and-technique/sidespin-forehand-topspin/
Jeff's beard looks beautiful!!!
That's stupid because you're always serving to the same person. I swap the receiver after each serve.
It may be stupid but it is the official rules. After each game you swap who you are serving to.
Nice video. Question if in a service if ball touches the net and goes in the wrong box then, is it a reservice or point to opposition.
Also if continued 2 service are re service then is it a point to opposition 3 time it's a reservice or it can go for as long.
Love from India
If the service does not land in the correct box when playing doubles, it is a fault even if it touches the net. So it must otherwise be a legal serve to be a let. And you can have an infinite number of lets in a row as we discuss in the following video: www.pingskills.com/tutorials/table-tennis-rules/how-many-lets
Enjoy your table tennis!
So if serve in the wrong court, is it a re-serve or a point to opposition?
It's a point to the opposition.
Jeff looking awesome. Thanks. U didnt mention that that team starting serve can select the receiving partner or its receiving pair to drcide who will pick first. Plz clear this point
Good point. The receiving team decides who will be the receiver for the first point. This stays the same for the first set, and then for each subsequent set you must switch who you are playing to.
How about if the vall hits the center line does it counts in???
Yes, on the line is in!
@@pingskills I had been searching for this for a while now !!!
Hi pingskills, can i ask? If I'm the one serving, and my opponent called wrong court and yet my partner says it's on the line, who decides then?
Great question. In an official tournament it is the umpire who decides. If you are playing with your friends it might be best to call it a let and replay the point.
1.25x speed. youre welcome
I often do that too when watching videos. Sometimes even 2x is OK!
Hello Pingskills! We were playing mixed double 21 points game of 5 sets. After 4 set score was 2-2 then 5th game my opponent(A and B) ask to change serves (I was serving to-A and asked to serv to B) when I were 10 and they were 7 as a international rule, is it correct ? even if this is correct if they reach the score to17 (7+10) dose serve will change again(I mean i will serve back to A).
Thank you, your videos are very Helpful. I have a question, if you can help me. In a doubles game during serve if the ball touches the net and lands on the left side of the opponents table will it be a let or a fault?
it's a fault in tennis (singles)
Thank you, explained simply and easy to understand
Who serves first in the succeeding games and who the receiver shall be? 🏓
Watching Olympia mixed double right now. The left player can also return the serve?
I thought it's 5 serve each for doubles
If the game is to 21. I imagine in this example, they play to 11
If you play a game up to 21, otherwise a game of 11 you switch after 2.
It used to be but since 2000 it is now 2 serves each for all table tennis matches, singles and doubles.
Hi, how are you?
Your videos are very interesting, thank you very much.
Y have a question about the central line, when the ball is considered in the right side? This question is because different points of view will make different results.
Thank you!
If the ball touches the line it is considered in.
@@pingskills hi, thanks for the replay, but what I want to say is the ball can be seen above the line, but not rest in in, let say that the mayor part of the ball is in the left part?
It is still in if the majority of the ball is on the left of the line but part of the ball still touches the line. That is, if any part of the ball touches the line when it bounces then it is in.
@@pingskills are you considering that the only way that the ball touches physically the line is when it has 50% in each side? Can you make a photo of different position of the ball that can be considered in or out?
I really appreciate your answers, thank you very much
Good point. If that is the case then it has to be as you say. I find it easiest to think that part of the ball has to touch the line for it to be in.
if the serve moves diagonaly from right hand to right hand and moves aways from horizontal side and move to the vertical side then is it a point to the other team
Does the rule applies the same with single serves?
No, in singles you can serve from anywhere to anywhere.
Fantastic beard Jeff!!!!
Don't shave it untill February 1st
Have the rules ever been you are able to serve from the left hand box diagonally as long as the opponent is In the correct receiving order?
No, the official rules are that you have to serve from the right hand box.
What about when you reach 10-10? How to rotate then?
Hi
Hi, if the ball served, touched the net and bounce on the left side of opponent. Is it a let or a point for the receiver?
If it is not otherwise a legal serve, then the receivers win the point. So in the case you mentioned it would be a point to the receivers.
when touch the net other(wrong) side drop the ball re-serve or opposite team point please tell i!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #pingskills
it is a let if the ball lands on the opposing team's right side. If it lands on the opposing team's left side, it is a bad serve, and their point.
but who serves when you start a new set? people say that you are supposed to switch the order of A serving on X and B serving on Y to A serving on Y and B serving on X, but I cant find it anywhere in the rules.
That is right, when you switch ends and start a new set, you should be serving to the other person who you did not serve to in the previous set.
@@pingskills Yes but the other team is serving, so the starting pair (serve-receive) should be the same, right?
@@z0uLess I didn't quite follow that. Whichever team is serving can decide which one of them will serve first in the set. Then you must ensure that the order has changed from the previous set.
@@pingskills This is what the official ITTF rulebook says: "In each game of a doubles match, the pair having the right to serve first shall choose which of them will do so and in the first game of a match the receiving pair shall decide which of them will receive first; in subsequent games of the match, the first server having been chosen, the first receiver shall be the player who served to him or her in the preceding game." This means that, if A served on X at the start of the first set, then X serves on A at the start of the second set. Am I right?
@@z0uLess X would serve to A but it does not need to be at the start of the set. The rule states that in subsequent games of the match, the first server having been chosen. This means the serving team can choose who is the first server each set.
Is there a let in double when the ball touches the net And what about if it lands wrong side aftet the let?
Yes, if the serve is otherwise legal but it touches the net on the way over, then you stop and replay the point.
Very helpful
Glad it helped
What is legal stance when you face the serve in doubles.?
When returning serve you can stand anywhere.
what happens if the ball hits right on top of the white line instead of a clear diagonal serve?
The white line is IN.
The white line is in!
Good question!
On the line is IN
@@pingskills hi, so if part of the ball are above the line, is in or out? Even if is not 50% above the line?
Hi guys love your videos,
We have a question, one of the players in my group of player is left handed and when he receives the service he started at the corner in line with the table but as soon as the ball is up he moves almost half way along the table so he will then smashes the ball and you will lose the point, what are the rules about this? Thank you
Victor
Hi Victor, the player can stand wherever they like to return the serve including moving down the side of the table. I think this is an advantage for left handed players when returning serves in doubles. One tactic to stop this is to serve the ball low over the net and close to the centre line. I hope that helps. Cheers, Jeff.
@@pingskills my a
Why do you swap with your partner?
It's part of the rules.
@@pingskills thanks
I really love tennis. 💖
complicated
Which racket would you recommend
1)Beginner Level
2)Advance Level
....????
The brand name n all...!!
For beginners the PingSkills Rook, for more advanced players the PingSkills Rook with either Mark V, Rakza 7 or Tenergy 05.
Take a look at this video for more information - www.pingskills.com/table-tennis/equipment-lessons/choosing-a-table-tennis-bat/
The name of the bats you mentioned is a pre made bat or custom made bat and if it is pre made in which online store it will be available..???
The PingSkills Rook is a pre-made bat and the PingSkills Touch is a custom bat. You can find them all on the link I gave below to the PingSkills website.
Ok.
First
What if the serve doesn't land in the box? Does the serving team lose the point?
That's right. If the serve doesn't land in the right box for doubles it is a fault and the serving team loses the point.
Thanks for the answer. That means lefties have the advantage as they're so used to serving from that side.
@@Ricksonkimura Yes, many people agree with you.
Jeff's beard looks beautiful!!!
Oh thank you! :)
Great video. GREAT!
Thanks!
Tq for this information
You're welcome.
How many lets are allowed on the serve?
infinite
www.pingskills.com/table-tennis/rules/how-many-lets/
thanks! In our office, we just allow 2 in a row. the 3rd one becomes a point for the opposite team.
I see. I guess as long as everyone agrees on the rules it is fine. It's great you play in your office.
00:39 После того, как вы сделали две подачи, вы должны поменяться с партнером сторонами.
Соперники остаются каждый на своей стороне и их очередь делать подачи
00:53 После того как соперники сделали две подачи - их очередь меняться сторонами, а вы остаетесь каждый на своей стороне.
01:05 Теперь вновь ваша очередь делать 2 подачи соперникам
Dear pingskill, can i know more about netting in double game ?
It seems weird that before you made some difficult tutorials but now the rules of the game.Are you run out of content?But still,i didnt know these rules.