starting the serve motion from deuce/ad side

[LeeD]

Lefty, serving wide on duece court, do you hit a twist serve?

[tennis tom]

Originally Posted by Timbo's hopeless slice

Tom, there are two basic variations on foot position while serving.

Platform. This is where both feet remain in teh same position throughout the service motion. Federer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcjZ5r_YHV0

Pinpoint. The front foot stays more or less in the same location but the back foot comes up to it before the knee bend. Ferrer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5-pnLAGaTk

Like Orange Power, I find I can't really serve out of platform, and for the same reasons.

Your mileage may vary

Thanks for the videos, I watched them and they are professionals. I was addressing the "don't move your feet" comment more for instructional purposes for beginners to maybe 4.0's. It's in the vein of "you can't run before you learn how to walk". Not moving one's feet while serving will help a rec player perfect a more consistent ball toss. I'd say if you're a 4.5 and above or maybe a young athletic 4.0 you may possess the skills to jump into the serve and get up to the net quicker.

[corbind]

Percentage-wise I get more serves in and better serves to the ad side. I thought about it and likely it's because it's just easier to put side spin on the ball for me (righty) serving to the ad side wide. It's a more natural swing and seems like just less work or hassle.

Serving to the ad side (usually down the middle of the box or T almost never wide) it seems I have to move my arm more across my body.

[LeeD]

All that serving to the ad side?

[Fuji]

As far as I know I have the same set up and routine off both sides. I serve platform so it's pretty basic. As TMOP says "Just toss it up and smack it!"

-Fuji

[dlam]

thanks for the responses.
I m planing to just serve righty on both sides
it feels more natural on the ad side for me with righty serve and I make absolutely no set up adjustments.
In fact I m like to practise solely on the ad side prior to match and then make my adjustments on the deuce side.
On the deuce side, Im planning to continue a routine, where I will hold with my left hand and then grip with my right hand after the start of my serving motion.

[Baxter]

Originally Posted by Setmatch45

I like going wide to the deuce side but it is because I am lefty more than anything.

Me too, but I usually give it away by standing too far from the center mark.

[dlam]

Served very well after doing the prematch routine of serving from the ad side so I get get my senses adjusted to the distance to the net court.
then i would go to the deuce side and serve lining up to the baseline and not look at the net court but aligning my body/feet to the baseline and then use my eyes to aim above the net court after my toss

Didnt do this in my last match and lost my rhythm and confidence serving. I had to resort to reverse spin serves.
Having a good prematch serving routine is so important to get my visualization pattern ready.

[dlam]

Originally Posted by Orion3

Most right-handed people serve with a closed stance. Feet pointing right, towards the net post for both deuce and ad-court. They may vary the angle slightly, but normally the difference is slight.

Only odd-balls (like me) vary their feet a lot. I have always pointed my front toe towards the place I'd aim to hit a hard flat serve. Straight down the T on the deuce court and at the corner on the ad court. I can hit a hard or more spinning slice from the same toss - as a junior, people always had a hard time reading my serve. thesedays not many people I play even try to read my serve!!

My righty serve is getter better and notice that I like to serve it flat on the ad side and the left foot pointing seems to help
I like to move my left foot slightly forward as well towards the ad court
On the deuce side I made some mechanically adjustments so I don't disrupt my rhythm
I like the spinner from the deuce side and move my left foot slightly back and key on my left heel to make sure it's perpendicular to where I want the serve to end up