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| Dragonlord |
I have a question about my serveUm...another person told me that when you are serving, you are suppose to bring your racquet behind your head and then snap it forward, is this part of pronation? |
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| x.doublea |
I guess, but if you want spin, you're really snapping upwards rather than forwards in order to create spin. | ||
| Benchwarmer1 |
is the underhand sidespin serve legal? | ||
| x.doublea |
Yes, it is....however, you should use it all the time at all. Perhaps only to keep your opponent guessing once in a while, if not never. | ||
| Benchwarmer1 |
it is a really weird looking serve | ||
| x.doublea |
Yes, but it can be effective. Chang did it to Lendl in 1989.... | ||
| Benchwarmer1 |
did he ace it or something | ||
| x.doublea |
No, he returned it back, but he lost the point. | ||
| Benchwarmer1 |
did he like get really tired to run and get the ball? | ||
| Dragonlord |
ive don that sometimes, however, my opponent says im playing cheap and gets angry... 
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| J-man |
I like underhand serving it when i play someone really bad. that way I don't risk double faulting which really screws my game up | ||
| Benchwarmer1 |
That's really smart J-man, i should try that sometime | ||
| leftys_rock |
it does really work if you have A LOT of underspin on it......it is really good for throwing somebody off especially if you are a big server...... | ||
| Benchwarmer1 |
i'm working on the "big server" part | ||
| Dragonlord |
so am i, i can do a really good spin serve, but im still trying to get more power on my first serve... | ||
| x.doublea |
Me too...my serves are so heavy, but I rarely hit serves over 95.... | ||
| J-man |
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| x.doublea |
My serve relys alot on the sidespin and the kick...I can't like beat anyone only on hard serves.... | ||
| Dragonlord |
me too, my spin serve can hit the ball all the way to the other side of the court, but my power serve is just average, whenever I try for power the ball goes into the net or goes flying with backspin on it... 
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| Benchwarmer1 |
what part of the ball am i supposed to hit the slice serve | ||
| leftys_rock |
you brush the side of the ball to put the spin on it.......
to take advantage of my leftyness, i use kick serves, slice serves, mixed up with flat serves to mix it up........theyre not fast or anything theyre just placed in different areas of the box, so i can still get a substantial number of aces.... |
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| x.doublea |
You should be hitting the right side of the ball...sort of like, if you can see the ball as a clock, you should be stroking the ball at 2 or 3 o'clock. |
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| Benchwarmer1 |
and for the kick serve? | ||
| x.doublea |
I think from 8 to 10 o'clock.... | ||
| Benchwarmer1 |
where should the toss be on a kick serve, and a slice/flat serve? | ||
| x.doublea |
The kick serve toss should be slightly to the left, the slice should be to the right, and the flat should be in front of your head, slightly in front. | ||
| Benchwarmer1 |
so when you say kick toss is on the left, does that mean over my head? | ||
| x.doublea |
Yes, sort of...
Sort of like this: 
From here, a BBC again: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/skills/4229484.stm |
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| Benchwarmer1 |
thanks x.doublea | ||
| x.doublea |
No problem.  BBC Sport is a usefull tool if you want to get some fundamentals straight....
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| Benchwarmer1 |
do they have stuff for other sports too? | ||
| x.doublea |
Yes...go to the website, and in the left column, there will be something that says "Choose a Sport". | ||
| Benchwarmer1 |
have you tried anything for other sports? | ||
| x.doublea |
No...I don't play any of the other sports they offer. I know my father's using the Golf one, because he wants to have the 'Tiger Golf Swing'! 
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| Benchwarmer1 |
i want to have the nadal forehand
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| x.doublea |
I have a four step diagram on how he hits it, but don't try to hit it like he does, because it's technically wrong for everyone but him.... | ||
| Benchwarmer1 |
yeah, no one's replying to the topic, should i delete it | ||
| PSALT |
not only that but is also quite dangerous. Nadal will end up with arm problems.... |
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| Benchwarmer1 |
bad enough to shorten his career? | ||
| x.doublea |
No one has seen it yet, because barely no members are on at this time! I think you should keep it on...
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| x.doublea |
He does an extremely quick cut upwards, which is extremely unnatural.... |
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| PSALT |
sadly enough, probably |
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| Benchwarmer1 |
eek, that sucks does he use a full westen? | ||
| PSALT |
yes. he gets EXTREME topspin. more than any of us could ever dream of getting. |
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| Benchwarmer1 |
it won't be worth it(unless he gets a crazy number of grand slams) for the forehand to ruin his career | ||
| PSALT |
it probably won't. the thing is Nadal really isn't that talented as a tennis player, he is talented as an athlete. so using those skills is how he wins. he wouldn't stand a chance if he played a game like Safin or Federer who take full advantage of their talent as tennis players. |
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| x.doublea |
Yes, I agree. As well, the amount of running he does is burning him out in the long run as well.... | ||
| Benchwarmer1 |
where has safin been this season, he's in like the 52nd seed | ||
| x.doublea |
He was out for the first bit because of his knee injury...since then, he has been pretty up and down. | ||
| Benchwarmer1 |
it says on his website he will be at RG | ||
| x.doublea |
Yes, he will...he's fully recovered from his injury. It's just he hasn't found his consistancy yet. | ||
| Benchwarmer1 |
i really hope he gets a good draw | ||
| x.doublea |
Personally, I hope he doesn't, because he often struggles with players that aren't quite as strong. | ||
| Benchwarmer1 |
i just don't like seeing hasbeens, although i don't think he is | ||
| x.doublea |
He has lost to many players in which his talent level is like theirs x50.... | ||
| Benchwarmer1 |
on my last post i forgot to put "yet" | ||
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| Rattler |
As embarrassed as I am to admit it, my serve has improved from watching Nick Bolletari's Sonic Serve show on the Tennis Channel. I played three sets yesterday, double faulted only four times.
I've gotten much more "pop" in both my first and second serve, in fact my second serve was exploding off of the court. I've been practicing the techniques from the show for about two weeks now, and my stroke has been steadily improving, which is saying alot since my serve was never a weakness. |
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| J-man |
While I never liked Bollteri I'm gald that your improved your serve | ||
| Rattler |
Played three times since then...haven't lost yet, and haven't double faulted since the first of the three matches. | ||
| x.doublea |
Wow...are you spinning it in, or are you like going for the aces? | ||
| Rattler |
My number of aces has gone up. My intention when I serve is to get it deep (if it skids on the line even better) and placement. I don't go for aces all the time. Usually I hit a wicked heavy slice or a flat ball. My second serve is always a topspin one (again deep...and I want that jump to the ball is lower than an overhead, but high enough to be uncomfortable to hit) | ||