Points to look for:
- The playing elbow is being dropped back into position.
- The free arm has been lifted up back into position.
- The player is continuing to watch the flight of the ball, in order to judge the success of the serve.
- The player has served from the middle of the table so that it is easier to make the serve cross over the playing elbow of his opponent, forcing his opponent to decide quickly whether to play a backhand or forehand stroke. It is a little harder to achieve this when serving from the player's backhand corner.
- By comparing the position of the ball in the previous 2 photographs, it is possible to see that the ball has bounced sideways off the table due to the sidespin that has been put on the ball.
