A Tennis Serve Tip
Hello,
To improve your tennis serve, the following advice is the basic's you should be thinking about:
Stand sideways on to the net.
Throw the ball into the air so that it hangs nicely in the area where you want to contact the ball (see below for where that is!). The throw-up is also called the 'placement' because that is what it should really be.
The action of hitting the ball should be very much like a throw.
Try to contact the ball in the middle of your throwing action at full stretch, slightly in front of you, and above your hitting shoulder. This sounds easy! Trouble is you can't do it if you've just thrown.... or even placed (!) the ball backwards and three feet away!
If you get to the net, volleys are without hitting the ball, and the action should be a simple blocking action. Because you are at the net, you can use the power.
Regards
Gavin Dye
Tennis Serve Tip
To improve your tennis serve, the following advice is the basic's you should be thinking about:
Stand sideways on to the net.
Throw the ball into the air so that it hangs nicely in the area where you want to contact the ball (see below for where that is!). The throw-up is also called the 'placement' because that is what it should really be.
The action of hitting the ball should be very much like a throw.
Try to contact the ball in the middle of your throwing action at full stretch, slightly in front of you, and above your hitting shoulder. This sounds easy! Trouble is you can't do it if you've just thrown.... or even placed (!) the ball backwards and three feet away!
If you get to the net, volleys are without hitting the ball, and the action should be a simple blocking action. Because you are at the net, you can use the power.
Regards
Gavin Dye
Tennis Serve Tip
