At the start of a systematic service practice the forehand side-spin service is best suitable. The last three fingers are taken away from the handle so the racket is only held with forefinger and thumb. It’s important to have the tip of the blade pointing downwards, the handle upwards. To support this vertical position of the blade’s face we pull up our elbow a little. If returning this is a good hint, that the opponent is likely to play a side-spin serve. Now we play the ball with a short and quick use of our wrist. For help we can try to hit our stomach slightly with the side of the blade or to take care that the back of our hand stays in front of the stomach. As at all services with rotation we have to hit the ball softly, but quickly. The exercise shown besides is good for testing the rotation. A water bottle is placed on the sideline opposite of the player. One now has to play a regular service which hits the table and the leaves it between the bottle and the net. The closer the bottle is placed towards the net, the more difficult the exercise gets. Any service is only good when varied. Therefore every fifth or sixth service should be a short, parallel one, but with identical beginning of the service movement. Four BUTTERFLY catalogues are perfectly suited as a target field.