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  • How to Play Table Tennis: Returning Serve

How to Play Table Tennis: Returning Serve

In this video, 11 times Welsh Champion and Commonwealth Gold Medal winner Ryan Jenkins, shows us how to return serve effectively, whether you're faced with topspin, backspin or side spin.

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