Ad court serve

blablabla

New User
Ok, so i have a good serve on the deuce side, being able to ace wide and down the T. On the Ad side, I can make aces down the T fairly easily, but i have trouble going out wide. I have just recently started pronating my wrist on flat serves, but i dont get how pros get such extreme angles out wide on this side of the court...Do you hit more of a kicker and try to catch that line, or do you slice it more? I need some help on this so i can have some more variety on my ad court serve, since right now im being forced to hit down the T more often than not. I'm a righty btw.

And one more question: Should the toss for a kick serve be as far inside the court as for your first serve?
 

Andres

G.O.A.T.
blablabla said:
Ok, so i have a good serve on the deuce side, being able to ace wide and down the T. On the Ad side, I can make aces down the T fairly easily, but i have trouble going out wide. I have just recently started pronating my wrist on flat serves, but i dont get how pros get such extreme angles out wide on this side of the court...Do you hit more of a kicker and try to catch that line, or do you slice it more? I need some help on this so i can have some more variety on my ad court serve, since right now im being forced to hit down the T more often than not. I'm a righty btw.

And one more question: Should the toss for a kick serve be as far inside the court as for your first serve?

No, the toss for the kick must be exactly above ur head. The further away from the court, the kicker will result ;)
 
I've also wondered this too. I can get wide on the ad side if I supinate, but it seems counterintuitive to pronate and go wide on the ad side. Comments are appreciated.
 

pham4313

Professional
try to play with the racket face, the more open the more wide your serve will be on the ad court and vice versa. Of course spin is a must to keep it safe in
 

kevhen

Hall of Fame
I hit more of a kicker on the ad side and will also move my feet over to the left so I get a better angle going wide. On the deuce side I will hit more of a slice going wide. I tend to hit the net (like you are doing) when trying to hit the slice or flat wide on the ad court so I go with more straight up topspin and even though it's my third best serve it still works against many player's weaker backhands.
 
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