theres so many different things people can say on here. but here is the KEY. you are not going to get advice this for free anywhere else. ask yourself this-how do you walk from point a to b? or how do you throw a ball to someone from point a to b? as soon as you figure that out, bingo! that will be $100 please
That's good advice, but how can you serve with variation like that if the other player knows where you are standing and where you are going to serve?
I always serve out wide, and it's kind of annoying having your opponent waiting there. Any information on ball toss, contact location, etc? Thank you.
I'm sorry but I don't really get your advice. So you just move around and serve from everywhere? :S
in your case looks that way to me....
dont think too much about 'how' to do with your body. when you toss a ball to your buddy at point B, do you say 'oh no how do i turn my body"?? no you just do it. same with the serve. try it. same with walking. you dont say 'how shoudl i turn my body to go left this way" you dont do you? you just do it. let your body do it. just decide in your head. your body will follow. you decide you wanna walk left, your body follows right?
I tried it and it didn't work. I hate it when people give advice like this. For some, it may work for you to tell your body where you want the ball to go and it'll plug in the variables by itself, but for others, it's crap. There's REASONS why your ball goes a certain way and it's because of PHYSICS.
For example, if you want to serve down the T on a deuce serve, toss more in line with your body, don't open your shoulders as much or early, stop slicing so much, and pronate more. Overly opening your shoulders or opening it too early will cause you to drag your racquet leftward too much and you'll miss the T. If you don't hit the right side of the ball by slicing, then it won't rebound so much to the left. If you're right handed and you pronate, the racquet angle will face the T more instead of the deuce corner.
I am engulfed in confusion. Explain it to me directly please?
what dont you get???
You just think about where it goes and want it to go and 'just do it'?
You just think about where it goes and want it to go and 'just do it'?
Oh, thanks. I'll see how this works this coming week.
Its funny how OP's account name seems to be the opposite of what he's asking.
eh. i think my method is pretty fail proof. i mean...you know how to walk right????
Your advice is so vague. I can hardly understand.
lol what about the other 14 posts i made here. did you read those???
yes sweetheart
I always serve out wide, and it's kind of annoying having your opponent waiting there. Any information on ball toss, contact location, etc? Thank you.
I'm no coach and no great server either but here is my two cents worth: If you look at photos of most pro players service grips you'll notice that the index finger is separated from the rest of the fingers of their racquet hand. I don't know about the rest of the tennis playing population but I keep my index finger separated like this and I use it (my index finger) to point the ball in the direction I want the ball to go.
I always serve out wide, and it's kind of annoying having your opponent waiting there. Any information on ball toss, contact location, etc? Thank you.
I'm no coach and no great server either but here is my two cents worth: If you look at photos of most pro players service grips you'll notice that the index finger is separated from the rest of the fingers of their racquet hand. I don't know about the rest of the tennis playing population but I keep my index finger separated like this and I use it (my index finger) to point the ball in the direction I want the ball to go.
^^^^ using index finger or palm as guideline to where stringbed is pointing is not bogus at all. I think rufusbgood is saying that the inside of his index finger is in parallel to his stringbed. He then uses the finger as a guide to point his strings where he wants the ball to go.
Grab a conti grip and see which part of your palm or fingers are parallel to the strings. Then hit the ball with that piece of hand pointed at target.
Many coaches teach use the palm as a guide on eastern forehand to know where strings are pointing. Want to go DTL then palm points down the line - want to go cross court, then palm points cross court. And, some coaches say use the ridge between the 1st and 2nd knuckles on the one handed eastern backhand to know where the strings are pointing. Sometimes, I actually use the the inside of my index and ring finger to get feel for racket face on FH. Similar concept could work on serve.
Not a bad suggestion in my view.
lol what about the other 14 posts i made here. did you read those???
ya, what about them???? answer or die!!
^^^^ using index finger or palm as guideline to where stringbed is pointing is not bogus at all. I think rufusbgood is saying that the inside of his index finger is in parallel to his stringbed. He then uses the finger as a guide to point his strings where he wants the ball to go.
Grab a conti grip and see which part of your palm or fingers are parallel to the strings. Then hit the ball with that piece of hand pointed at target.
Many coaches teach use the palm as a guide on eastern forehand to know where strings are pointing. Want to go DTL then palm points down the line - want to go cross court, then palm points cross court. And, some coaches say use the ridge between the 1st and 2nd knuckles on the one handed eastern backhand to know where the strings are pointing. Sometimes, I actually use the the inside of my index and ring finger to get feel for racket face on FH. Similar concept could work on serve.
Not a bad suggestion in my view.
In tennis, we aim with our eyes/imagination - you have to give your brain a target. Most don't and are surprised that they can't hit the spots. So often, I'll ask players were they were aiming and they respond, "the service box" - that's just to vague for our brains, we need a more precise target about the size of a small hula-hoop. Experience and practice allows us better success at hitting the target more consistently.
So, the bottom line is to aim (at first anyways) with your eyes - look at the spot your going for and just let it happen. You'll be amazed at your ability if you just let it happen.
well...i see. but thats real old school. i mean eastern forehand???? i dont know anyone under 30 hitting that way. i guess different people use different methods but i am nto going to advocate this method at all.
"when walking left make sure your toes are point left" lol really!