racquet head speed: "throwing the racquet"

[JohnYandell]

Treb,

Agreed. Although throwing a football as high as possible is a good one too.

[treblings]

Originally Posted by JohnYandell

Treb,

Agreed. Although throwing a football as high as possible is a good one too.

John,

i´m sure it is. american football is becoming ever more popular here in europe, so i might just start to use that analogy

[TennisCJC]

Yes, throwing racket is a good analogy of the serve. Look for Bolleteri's Sonic Serve video on youtube to see how serving is compared to a baseball pitcher throwing a baseball. The video actuall tilts a baseball pitcher up so it looks like he is pitching to the sky. Then, it show side by side of a server and the tilted pitcher and the motions are very, very similar.

From trophy pose in your serve, the motion can be thought of as pitching or throwing the racket up and out toward contact. Get some push up and in from the legs, and hip/shoulder rotation like a pitcher. Arm stays back until push up/rotation of hips/shoulder activates it into the loop.

Try throwing a few tennis balls high thru contact point and over the net. Don't overthrow a tennis ball as it is light and you can hurt your shoulder if you try to throw it really fast. Just throw it over the net into the service box with a smooth motion. Then practice serving with similar motion/feel.

I had a lefty tennis partner for years who pitched on a D1 college baseball team. He developed a really good lefty serve as the motion came pretty easy to him.

[julian]

Originally Posted by dominikk1985

I would say more like a tomahawk then a javelin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI4jFxaQN24

Stance for a tennis serve is NOT like in the video

[JohnYandell]

TB,

Yes I should have said an American football. A real football is a little harder to throw with one hand...