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C_Urala
11-09-2004, 06:24 AM
What to do to correct?
Thanatos
11-09-2004, 08:33 AM
Throw the ball further out in front.
drakulie
11-09-2004, 08:43 AM
Focus all of your energy and swing path "up" towards the ball, rather than forward into the court.

If you have a tennis ball in your racquet hand, pretend you are trying to hit the ball that you have tossed with the ball in your racquet hand.This will help you swing "up" rather than forward.

Your natural wirst snap will guide the tossed ballinto the court.
Mahboob Khan
11-09-2004, 09:22 AM
Racket should accelerate to contact NOT after contact!
C_Urala
11-09-2004, 10:03 AM
Racket should accelerate to contact NOT after contact!
well, thanks. I've figured it out. What drills can I do to correct this bad habit of mine?
C_Urala
11-09-2004, 10:05 AM
Throw the ball further out in front.
thanks, but if I want a topspin serve... then?
jun
11-09-2004, 10:21 AM
Tossing more out in front will not solve the problem.

If you are accelerating AFTER contact, it means you aren't going up for the ball enough. Or your motion resemble pitching motion rather than throwing UPWARD motion.

One drill my coach suggested was to stand in front of fence and try to serve over the fence by hitting flat serve. The only way to do is to go up for the serve, and hit the bottom of the ball. Once you can do that, you can incorporate snap to bring the ball down.

If I understand correctly, you will make contact with the ball by pronating your forearm..
Thanatos
11-09-2004, 10:23 AM
Throw the ball further out in front.
thanks, but if I want a topspin serve... then?

When you toss the ball, it should graze the back of your head if were to land. Strike the ball from either 7 to 1 or 6 to 12. This will force you to arc your back to stirke the ball. When you strike the ball it should be a whipping motion. It took me a couple of months to get used to it.
vin
11-09-2004, 11:29 AM
Sonic Serve references the upward swing before contact as the 'power arc'. They suggest to swing without a ball and listen for where the 'woosh' occurs in your swing. If it's not occuring just before the contact point, you're not directing your swing up and behind the ball enough. Swinging upwards further behind the ball gives you more time to accelerate than swinging directly at it.
C_Urala
11-11-2004, 10:01 PM
Sonic Serve references the upward swing before contact as the 'power arc'. They suggest to swing without a ball and listen for where the 'woosh' occurs in your swing. If it's not occuring just before the contact point, you're not directing your swing up and behind the ball enough. Swinging upwards further behind the ball gives you more time to accelerate than swinging directly at it.

thanks, I think I got it ...