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So I've been getting a bunch of c**p from my son about my weak serve. I have a slop spin that I've resurrected from my younger days. I seem to have lost my topspin...or what pieces I had of it. But my goal right now is to improve my "2nd" spin serve to the point where it's money. Then I'll work on a 1st serve. So for the moment, I just move the ball around and vary the spin slightly.
But receiving serves, I've noticed I seem to have a harder time returning weaker spin serves than fast, powerful, flat serves. It typically takes about 2 serves for me to get the timing and then I just short swing it back and the server is surprised to see the ball come back equally as hard.
Weaker spin serves, on the other hand, can give me fits where I not only have to generate my own pace back, but also take into account the action of the ball. For my son, I don't think anything goes through his head. He just steps way up and takes the ball on the rise.
This is in a 3.0-3.5 doubles. I tell my son that for now, if I can just get my 2nd serves in and not double fault, my chances of winning the game are pretty high...
Any tips for working on my service progression? And then also what I should be doing with the weaker second serves on my return? I mostly try to hit back to the server with a bit more angle. But I always get tempted to rip it back right to his feet. And that doesn't always work the way I want to...
But receiving serves, I've noticed I seem to have a harder time returning weaker spin serves than fast, powerful, flat serves. It typically takes about 2 serves for me to get the timing and then I just short swing it back and the server is surprised to see the ball come back equally as hard.
Weaker spin serves, on the other hand, can give me fits where I not only have to generate my own pace back, but also take into account the action of the ball. For my son, I don't think anything goes through his head. He just steps way up and takes the ball on the rise.
This is in a 3.0-3.5 doubles. I tell my son that for now, if I can just get my 2nd serves in and not double fault, my chances of winning the game are pretty high...