One of the most complex strokes in the entire game of tennis is the tennis serve, as it requires a specific set of motions that is executed in a specific order in order for the stroke to be properly effective. The basic fundamentals in this sport are absolutely critical if you want to improve your capabilities as a server in the game of tennis. There are numerous fundamentals that you need to put into consideration here, including the tennis grip, the position of your feet, your method of throwing the ball, and the position that your body is in prior to making impact with the tennis racquet.
Accomplished tennis players should be more than capable of varying their technique so that they can produce a completely different type of serve as they are required to. There are three different types of serves that generally needed during the game, which are the flat sere, the topspin serve and the slice serve. The flat serve is a serve that produces a flat trajectory with a minimum amount of spin. The topspin serve is a serve that produces a high arc and a high amount of bounce. Finally, the slice serve is a serve that produces a lot of top spin and side spin.
- * Stance: The service that is being executed should absolutely be what determines the right service stance. Your feet should be positioned about shoulder width apart, with two feet of distance from the court's center mark. The front foot should be several inches away from the baseline, and the knees should be bent slightly.
- * Grip: The best possible type of grip, if you want to create the most powerful type of serve, is known as the Continental grip. What this does is creates the most powerful release of the wrist, putting the maximum amount of spin on the ball in the process. If you are currently using a forehand grip, and you want to improve your serving capabilities, then you seriously need to consider changing to the continental grip, but keep in mind that an initial change is going to feel unnatural and even clumsy until you get used to it because you need to practice building your speed up to a full level of power if you want this grip to feel properly comfortable.
- * Hold: You need to hold the ball in the same way that you would hold a normal orange, between your thumb and all four of your fingers.
- * Footing: Your foot alignment is going to be determined based on the type of serve that you are doing, but your toes should generally be pointing in the direction of the target.
- * Throw the ball high enough that it is several full inches above where the racquet is, when the racquet is fully extended above your head.
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Originally posted 2009-06-26 16:16:39. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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