The deadly KICKER serve ... in-depth tutorial with Craig Bryant

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In this video, top coach Craig Bryant, explains the secrets of his brilliant kicker serve.
This is a serve which looks like backspin, but it actually loaded with lots of topspin. The ball literally kicks up off the table. If you read it wrong, the ball flies high up into the air.
Craig also explains how to do a backspin variation of the serve. This where he makes the serve look like topspin, but is actually backspin.
And to confuse opponents even more, he sometimes does a topspin variation, disguised as backspin, with a further topspin false movement. Confused? So are his opponents!
There is footage of lots of players trying to return his serve and not having much success.
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Craig Bryant: www.topedgetabletennis.co.uk/
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@ramradhakrishnan9382 2 года назад

This does explain the concept clearly, and one can almost see the action in slow motion, but I think you will need a faster frame rate camera, and a closer view of those crucial milliseconds when the ball contacts the paddle. Of course, one should be able to reproduce this service simply by carefully following your instructions - if I start now, I guess I'll make it in my early eighties 🙂 (which is less than 3 years away).

@Brezinski1000 9 месяцев назад

I followed the instructions and in one week, I've been killing folks with it. That switch to backspin is easy and I enjoy the baffling looks in my opponents' eyes when their returns dive into the bottom of the net. It's my 2nd best serve now after the pendulum. Oh...I'm 71.

@Foxatrot 8 месяцев назад

One day I hope to be as old as you gentlemen

@subhabratadas8419 2 года назад

There are so many levels to this game. Even after playing TT all my life I had difficulty picking up that serve even on slow motion.

@IamMotionMedia Год назад

I dont blame you, picking his serve from the rear camera angle is virtually impossible. The key is to ignore all his superfluous movements, actions and windups etc and just really focus on where the ball is making contact with the bat, as to whether you should close your bat angle or open it. Also differences in ball toss, serving position and stance can be dead give aways as to which serve he is doing.

@jessam5 Год назад

our city sports event just ended yesterday, it has been 3 years of me not practicing, and results came when it was my turn to play, it took me a while to get used to the table because it was so low lol, but it was just the beginning, as soon as we started the match, i served a pretty high ball, it got to the point where i lost hope of winning because i was in a dis advantage, because the other player was used to the table and has been practicing way before the event started, and im here just waiting for everything to end, but i got the chance to play anyway lol im gonna start learning new serves now, for the next event next year thank you so much for this

@chrisbrodroy1183 2 года назад

These tutorials on your channel and especially the ones with Craig really help me a lot! Thanks for such top quality content!

@ichselbst6609 2 года назад

Thanks so much, Tom and Craig for the in depth explanation of this serve and its variations. I don‘t think I‘ll ever be able to serve (or return, that matter …) such a „deadly“ ball but it sure looks great!

@erdling3132 2 года назад

Every serve looks the same to me, even in slow motion

@snowman1286 2 года назад

Yes i think so too

@randsp3c709 2 года назад

it looks like he's putting underpin lol

@TitaNiUm-NaZ 2 года назад

if you look closely in top spin the ball hitting the top portion of the racket which gives a top spin then very quickly fakes an under spin motion which as a receiver will be hard to tell while the underspin hitting the lower portion of the racket which will give an under spin and by using the same motion it will make those variations confusing to the receiver i hope i didnt confuse you even more with this explanation LOL

@anthonycecil7070 Год назад

Your basic I phone has super slow motion. Too high tech?

@jamesmcallister2005 Год назад

Until u try to return it

@suavidemircioglu7985 2 года назад

Thnx a lot. One of the best kicker serve demonstration with lot of explanation. And it is fun as well. All the best 🏓

@joeythelemur2 2 года назад

6:45 Love Craig's cheeky smile when he got you to curse. :-)

@jphb95 2 года назад

Man Wow your channel has grown LOADS since I first saw ur tutorials. This is just premium content for FREE tom. Genius.

@user-oc4di9uv9t Год назад

Хоть и непонятен язык,но объясняет шикарно ,на пальцах,как говориться!

@aerotus888 2 года назад

This is one of the most deceptive serves out there. Amazing technique. Thank you for the detailed explanations!

@pablominnaro3502 2 года назад

I already learned this serv from one of you previous video. It helped me a lot thanx !

@rommario55 2 года назад

Thank you for the video, very clear, will try it tomorrow.

@KrisBotha 6 месяцев назад

This is an amazing serve 🙂 so subtle, so effective

@eyemallears2647 2 года назад

Hey Tom. The quality of the video has really improved! The audio is great, the content is great…. Now all we need is a MUCH more detailed slow motion feature because even in slow mo I’m none the wiser trying to see what he’s doing at the contact point! This is a compliment to him, not a criticism of the video!!

@mudzyop1533 2 года назад

Just slo mo the bits of the vid that is already in solo mo

@dwarfrom 2 года назад

Tom just needs to ask Craig to omit the fake moves after contact.

@Brezinski1000 9 месяцев назад

@@dwarfromNO! The fake moves are the bomb. Awesome serve. I practice if often on my kitchen table.

@washnery 2 года назад

I'll practice this serve, thanks a lot for the tips!

@RandyDaGamer 9 месяцев назад

What a great video. You guys are awesome.

@modernninja7883 2 года назад

A good video, as always. Keep up the good work!

@7nachiket 2 года назад

Amazing levels of complexity, couldn't even make the difference in all serves in slow motion before I had to watch for 3 times 😀

@blueheart9873 2 года назад

My favourite variation of the reverse pendulum is side-topspin. Just because it is hard to follow with the eyes. It goes fast and in a zigzag motion. The opponent thinks the ball goes to the right after the bounce but it goes left instead. If you hit it completely on the side it does go to the right so it's really tricky to return

@DSKHo1968 2 года назад

Love it@ got to try and develop this one and add it to my repertoire!

@FedorMachida 2 года назад

Awesome video! Thank you Sir. I would probably be very lucky just to get a few return serves back. Very difficult to recognize the top spin vs. the back spin serves.

@melbonz41 2 года назад

Wow..its great...I will try to practice this one.

@hyttennis 2 года назад

Very nice. The only thing I would say is that that becomes so much harder to pull off with a vertical ball toss

@karlschonborn4700 2 года назад

When i am watching your video you really make my day

@scottpitner4298 2 года назад

So much trickery the ball doesn’t know what is going on. ;) Awesome

@farahdanabyery8081 2 года назад

Thank you for tutorial

@nowthenad3286 9 месяцев назад

Even when I play the slow motion at a slower speed, I still can't spot his little topspin flick before he follows up with the appearance of backspin. You would have to get one of those incredible high speed cameras for this to be perceptible.

@HikingScenery 2 года назад

Great video, and lots of fun. I think I picked maybe one at the end there. Not a great percentage.

@idrivearttabletennis 2 года назад

Simply wicked. I can actually see you (any of us) accidentially returning one from time to time. Stay safe and well.

@asriyapai 2 года назад

craig bryant serves never let me down

@zegson9809 2 года назад

Awsome! Especially that old lady

@gg80108 2 года назад

yes think the spin is produced in only a few milliseconds of contact then the rest fluff. Same as the snake!

@brian95331 2 года назад

I love when Craig comes on your channel makes me laugh when u guys make funny sounds case of his service im the same lol

@gapfaction 5 месяцев назад

Amazing skills craig

@tristancornelsen3017 Год назад

Thanks so much I’ve got three new serves may have took me 30 minutes but I got three

@KealEzlo 2 года назад

I tried to learn this serve but didn't use it much because mine is very low quality. Still, by understand the mechanics of it, I don't have much problems reading Craig's spin here. If you struggle reading the spin in the video, maybe can try learning the serve yourself. The trick here is to notice the server's wrist just before they contact the ball. For the top spin, because server will need to "flick" the wrist a little bit, the wrist will point a little bit down. For back spin, the wrist will be fully pulled back for the strong downward brush. Still though, it is easier to read when seeing from behind Craig. It would be much more difficult when standing across the table, where the server can "hide" the serving hand behind body.

@amitabhshakya8452 2 года назад

Thanks for this amazing video, can you pls make video on how to receive this difficult kick serves?

@kjhgaseiyufbef1604 2 года назад

this one and the classic tomahawk serves are killing me. when I play against somebody who is serving them all day against me in a tournament, I feel like I have no chance. this serve is very good if you struggle to serve reverse pendulum close to the body.

@abhishekdutta144 2 года назад

Most underrated serve in tt. Wang hao used it to perfection.

@tonydare7614 Год назад

Fascinating but so hard! IEven in slow motion it's hard to read other than looking at the point of contact. I can disguise tomahawk serves to an extent but changing direction completely after the contact when doing heavy spin is really challenging!

@pitzburgscotish Год назад

Basically, if you serve your kickers with right forehand and there're mainly two types of spins----your right topspin and right backspin. As to a lefty player,if you serve a kicker to his left desktop area,he'll return you no matter a left topspin loop,a left topspin speedo or even his left side spin snake by his forehand.Then,he'll also start a series of forehand attacks for you in return as soon as you give back those returns higher than the net from his desktop.

@pw7414 Год назад

even in the slow motion, i can't see Bryant brushes the ball upward 2:34, such a fantastic serve

@OlstiMusic 8 месяцев назад

Everytime when I think he does an undercut it turns out to be a topspin, crazy!

@mevinwachiramuriithi8289 Год назад

Hello and thanks for the tips 💯. I've just started my training and I would like to know which is the recommendable type of bat 🏓 to play with.

@emergingliongaming695 2 года назад

Nice!!

@ltoyota 4 месяца назад

How does contacting the top part of the racquet with an open face create top spin? I have a tennis background and I’m used to having a closed face at impact for top spin. 1:43

@markusgut6154 8 месяцев назад

Another nice video. May I ask which bat the guy uses?

@ornatepictorialcalligraphy6896 2 года назад

Magic Thank you

@mamuajageorgenorman9985 2 года назад

Hi Tom What i may choose for the spoon... Soft, Medium, or Hard spoon

@noobstergaming116 2 года назад

Nice video

@jaredpreston8658 2 года назад

Lol love this video!! Everyone’s faces are like they just saw a magician.

@z0uLess 2 года назад

Is there a way of doing reverse pendulum effectively with this base movement?

@SharawyFit Год назад

Thnx😍

@ihaveaboyfriendmeh1026 Год назад

The problem with service is, it borders on illegality. You are essentially hiding the contact behind your face. As a left handed player who stands down the line, I have called it out many many times in provincial tournaments.

@vladolokas9415 Год назад

Nice...one Question....I m see that ball before serving contact have litttle loop....In rules scrive that ball before serving contact must have vertical moving... I'm wrong ...or?

@SomeoneSmarter 4 месяца назад

I'm new to Table Tennis but I've been addicted to the Eleven table tennis game on my VR headset. I understand the concept of creating different spins on the ball to keep the opponent guessing. This video shows how well you can disguise the direction of the spin by fakes and dummy paddle movements. What I simply can't understand is how Pros are able to read these spins so well and return a vast amount of the pro serves. With the ball being all white, how can they read the spin?

@ParrotsTT 2 года назад

He showed this one at a serving course and not 1 person got it back, never seen more confused faces 🤣

@TomLodziak 2 года назад

Yes, I have witnessed that too.

@Brezinski1000 9 месяцев назад

I believe you 100%. I've been using and getting same baffling results against players at my level and below. 1750.

@Brezinski1000 9 месяцев назад

It just looks the same, but try it. I followed everything until the double bluff. It murdered three of my opponents. Very effective serves and good placement makes it even more effective.

@DragonWarrior976 2 года назад

Hi Tom, thank you for sharing this video. I was actually looking for a good kicker serve tutorial and who better to learn it from other than the man himself? Craig Bryant. I have one request though. Every player has his or her playing preference. By which I mean, some players like to do underspin serve more and some like to do topspin serve more. So, for both the variations, if you can also explain where to position yourself after doing an underspin or topspin serve then it would be really useful (as a part of getting into stance after serve). I have noticed that players who do more underspin tend to stay close to the table after serve. Now, this works against them if they do a topspin serve since the returns kicks back to the server. I hope you get the idea. Thank you once again for your help!

@abhishekdutta144 2 года назад

You need to be ready immediately with backhand topspin if you are underspinning more often also if you can just get the serve a bit more short then it will give an added security of a push return. The best use of the serve was done by Wang hao. Watch how he positions himself after each serve more often backspin and no spin with the kick serve always ready to suprise. He used this serve to great perfection. Also it suited him as he had a great backhand to come with the third ball attack.

@s.patterson5698 9 месяцев назад

So this is what I use to do and didn't even know it. When I was young I use to nail this...was nearly possible for players to return.

@ultraparadoxical7610 2 года назад

That is so sneaky!

@FUNKINETIK Год назад

The double bluff is clever. Maybe it’s best to concentrate on the movement of the ball not the server, difficult I know. . just shut your eyes until you hear the sound of ball on bat, then open them super quick : ) P E A C E : )

@Niki_Parvanov 4 месяца назад

What rubber is that made with?! My $50 racket can't accomplish this eve so if I attach it to a drill

@DcDONC Год назад

How tightly is the racquet held for each serve

@rafikingkong Год назад

genious

@gg80108 2 года назад

I play doubles and be nice to see some serves from the right side of the table.

@kailashjai2307 2 года назад

Hey Tom, I am your fan thank you for providing TT tricks na information...it helped me a lot Now I need good standard rubber to improve my game...How to purchase TT racket, Good spin rubbers people stay in India...Let me know how to buy the items.

@marvinlinreb2842 Год назад

Hoping I have racket like that.

@solomanmania 2 года назад

Awesome!, but most of the time with skills you need really nice paddles to both serve and counter. Even if we read the serve right the quality of the paddle can let you down.

@nareshhg427 2 года назад

Coach sir Kindly advise in table tennis if ball hits blade/ frame of t.t racket (any wooden part of racket not covered by rubbers) ball will be still in play or will I loose one point as per ITTF rules. Thanks

@TomLodziak 2 года назад

If the ball strikes any part of the bat, or your fingers / hand (below wrist), then this is a valid shot and the rally must continue.

@nareshhg427 2 года назад

@@TomLodziak thanks a lot sir for your reply...

@saishvi1 2 года назад

Usefull if done as seen

@tonyvsa96able 2 года назад

You can tell by looking at the point of contact with the blade. If its high its topspin and if its low its backspin.

@andifineproject Год назад

Akhirnya semua bisa ngadapin serpis ini...

@janagan3284 Год назад

Best serves

@CT-nc9ku 2 года назад

Yep,I really can’t see how he’s doing it. Just too good and I’m no closer to doing it myself.

@pablominnaro3502 2 года назад

It is not as hard as it can look like. But it require some practice but he you have enough time it's worth it. Just do it step by step. First just try to be able to generate the up spin by brushing like Craigs. Once you can do that, just add some fake motion. Finaly you just have to make it really fast to confuse your opponent. Craig(s serv are way better than mine but it is still working great !

@azamatkubaev6610 2 года назад

Çok güzel teşekkürler

@warandvictory3535 Год назад

AB FAB!

@yantos.324 2 года назад

Joz 💪💪

@forrestorange 6 месяцев назад

I think the problem with receiving this serve is that the opponent can't see half of it. Compare this to a backhand or a tomahawk serve, where the whole service action is visible. If the opponent could see the whole action it would a) be a lot easier to return and b) a lot fairer.

@user-br1gm3et5w 3 месяца назад

Good

@gerardocallaghan423 2 года назад

Hi Tom, have started using this jab like serve with some success. However, recently had an opponent who refused to receive the serve as he said he couldn’t see the ball at point of contact. I believe there was a ‘line of sight’ available but he refused to move from ‘his ready position’ to see better. Not sure what visibility was like with Craig’s services but whose right in these situations? Can an opponent decide to refuse to receive the serve and simply turn away from it or is it the ref’s decision? I know there are a couple of different issues here! Thanks again for all your great training videos. Gerard.

@TomLodziak 2 года назад

So when I return Craig's serves, I can always see the point of contact. I just can't read the spin! It should be the umpire who decides if a serve is legal or not. You could film yourself doing the serve. Put the camera where the opponent would stand and then play back the footage to see if the contact is visible. If yes, then you have a legal serve and your opponent was probably complaining because the serve was hard to return. If the contact is not visible on the footage, then you will have to change your action slightly.

@emilyjames3110 Год назад

@@TomLodziak I have tried so many different servers and I have found the right one that works for me as table tennis beginner 🏓

@georgitsvetkov3928 7 месяцев назад

I've played with some people using this serve and i can confirm as a reviver you can't really see the contract and 2nd the ball is tossed a bit backwards not vertical so for me this serve is not clean "legal"

@suavidemircioglu7985 2 года назад

Only remark would be about legality of the serve if after the toss the ball might go a little behind the body, therefore you might be hiding the ball with your body/shoulder. Off course, this is also question for all kind of pendulum serves. All the Best 🏓

@paulbismuth10 2 года назад

That's a problem rarely rectified by the umpires.

@suavidemircioglu7985 2 года назад

@@paulbismuth10 Yes, indeed 🤷🏻‍♂️

@abhishekdutta144 2 года назад

Legality of serve in tt is always debated. I wonder how Dima serves. He clearly dosent throw the ball perpendicular in his tomahawk serves but his serves are clearly visible though. Only have seen samsonov having the cleanest serve in the circuit.

@ramenandvitamins Год назад

I mean this in the nicest way possible...PLEASE invest in a modest high-speed camera, OR investigate the slow-motion recording features offered by your smartphone! Please and thanks! Love your content!

@elias3026 2 года назад

I always look at where the ball makes contact (top or bottom). 90% of the time I read this kind of serves.

@nikkofpv2902 2 года назад

Holy crap I naturally serve this way lol. But that extra spin is crazy

@marvin9499 2 года назад

feels like he is throwing a ball not directly up but more like towards own body, is it allowed by rules? I guess it might help to create more momento and spin

@pablominnaro3502 2 года назад

Not really allowed but a lot of player are doing that without any problem with the ref so... Also very cummon for reverse pendullum serv

@MidhunDasAM Год назад

Is this server illegal? The ball should not be tossed backward right?

@mbmtech7852 2 года назад

thanks sir , please tell wats ur setup blade and rubber

@TomLodziak 2 года назад

This is Craig's equipment: Blade: JOOLA TPE Fight bribartt.co.uk/product/joola-tpe-fight-table-tennis-blade/?ref=8204 FH rubber: JOOLA Rhyzm Tech bribartt.co.uk/product/joola-rhyzm-tech-table-tennis-rubber/?ref=8204 BH rubber: JOOLA Rhyzm Tech bribartt.co.uk/product/joola-rhyzm-tech-table-tennis-rubber/?ref=8204

@georgitsvetkov3928 7 месяцев назад

The serve look amazing, the key point is hiding the contract with your arm or shoulder wich is considered as illegal, I've played with people using this serve and you can't see the contract so you just blindly guessing

@andreaseriksson8803 9 месяцев назад

I don't recognise Pär Gerell any longer... He has change his looks and also switched hand 😁

@LucaMatteis 2 года назад

Nice video. Now how do I return these kind of serves :) ?

@TomLodziak 2 года назад

If you can read the spin, then the serves are straight forward to return. It will either be backspin, which you can return with a push, flick or loop. Or if the serve is topspin, you can return with a block, drive or topspin. The difficulty is reading the spin in the first place. This is what makes it so hard.