Cheng Yinghua coaches Daniel Koscielski.

He covers the need to return to the backhand corner after hitting the forehand.
He stresses a consistent backhand service return. He teaches Daniel a loose
service grip. Finally he points out the key to forehand power is in the waist
turn.

It's meant to look like backspin by design. There is a great amount
of both top and side spin. The key is the contact with the ball isn't
made until the upswing of the paddle. Letting the paddle hit my belly
dampens much of the upswing follow through.

Later, I'll see if I can slow the animation down a bit to make it more
visible.

Thanks, great resource.

One thing that is bugging me, though, is the "topspin pendulum serve"
animated gif. The way I see it in the animation, the ball would go with
a mix of sidespin and backspin. What am I missing here?

Thank you in advance,

Thanks, great resource.

One thing that is bugging me, though, is the "topspin pendulum serve"
animated gif. The way I see it in the animation, the ball would go with
a mix of sidespin and backspin. What am I missing here?

Thank you in advance,

Thanks, great resource.

One thing that is bugging me, though, is the "topspin pendulum serve"
animated gif. The way I see it in the animation, the ball would go with
a mix of sidespin and backspin. What am I missing here?

Thank you in advance,

Yes. Here's a slow motion version. (5x)

http://members.aol.com/pingpongstar1/Top_Spin_Pendulum_Slow_Motion.gif

Perhaps I could do a higher speed capture to show a few extra frames.

So the ball comes in contact with the paddle when you look like you are
"recovering" from the "backspin serve"? Neat :)

--
Javier Gonzalez Nicolini

Thanks again for the "new weapon"