Pronation, Internal shoulder rotation, ulnar deviation, leverage & racquet head speed

[Djokovicfan4life]

Originally Posted by gzhpcu

Check your serve grip. The more it goes towards eastern backhand the greater the angle. Also make sure you are not tossing the ball to far to the right. Impact should be in front of your left foot. Look at Safin...

Well, when I'm not chasing my toss all the way to Tulsa I make contact around the 12 o'clock position, so probably not a toss problem (other than getting it consistent, the biggest problem). Grip is continental.

Watching my video it seems like my wrist ulnar deviates to bring the racquet in line with my arm, but again, unless there's some way to do it, I don't have slow motion to verify this.

[mntlblok]

Originally Posted by charliefedererer

Hammer that Serve (skip the first 3:10 meant for beginners) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjXJG...eature=related

Wow. First I've heard of this teacher. Great stuff - even the first three minutes. Thanks!

Kevin

[charliefedererer]

Originally Posted by mntlblok

Wow. First I've heard of this teacher. Great stuff - even the first three minutes. Thanks!

Kevin

Pat Dougherty, the Bollittieri Academy "Serve Doctor" does a great job of breaking down a serve into several big motions, but does so with the idea of putting it all together into a big serve. He is a great (and enthusiastic) communicator.

You can download his entire serve video for $18.99 - it's $11 more to get an actual DVD sent to you. For the amount of insight and practical help for your serve, it's a bargain: http://www.servedoctor.com/

[Jake Speed]

I started teaching pronation in 1972, it was never heard of then.

What I don't understand, is why couldn't you put a shirt on that guy?

JS