cknobman
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There was recently a big anniversary party at my local tennis center and one of the activities available during the celebration was a serve speed checker. It would register how fast a serve was going (in mph) at the point of crossing the net.
As a hard server myself many of the people I play tennis with wanted me to try it and see how fast my serve was. I only play 3.0-3.5 tennis and at this level there are not many people who serve hard so my server has always drawn attention in league and at tournaments. Many of the people I play with and also my tennis instructor have always speculated that my serve approaches 115-120mph and I have always felt it was over 100 easy.
Well I tried it out and took about 10 serves. I wasnt completly cold when hitting the serves(minimal warmup with my friends). The hardest ball I hit was only 101 mph and it was about 1 foot long of the service line. The hardes server that stayed in the lines was only 99 mph.
I and my friends were quite shocked to see that I could barely break 100 and none of the others hitting could even break 85.
I dont know how accurate the radar was or if they rate the pros speed at point of contact or what. But if the pros speed is rated at the point the ball crosses the net, I would hate to imagine what 120-140mph looks like after seeing mine come across at 100.
Has anyone else ever had their serve speed clocked by a radar? If so where was clock taken from(point of contact, crossing the net, oppositions court)? How fast was it?
As a hard server myself many of the people I play tennis with wanted me to try it and see how fast my serve was. I only play 3.0-3.5 tennis and at this level there are not many people who serve hard so my server has always drawn attention in league and at tournaments. Many of the people I play with and also my tennis instructor have always speculated that my serve approaches 115-120mph and I have always felt it was over 100 easy.
Well I tried it out and took about 10 serves. I wasnt completly cold when hitting the serves(minimal warmup with my friends). The hardest ball I hit was only 101 mph and it was about 1 foot long of the service line. The hardes server that stayed in the lines was only 99 mph.
I and my friends were quite shocked to see that I could barely break 100 and none of the others hitting could even break 85.
I dont know how accurate the radar was or if they rate the pros speed at point of contact or what. But if the pros speed is rated at the point the ball crosses the net, I would hate to imagine what 120-140mph looks like after seeing mine come across at 100.
Has anyone else ever had their serve speed clocked by a radar? If so where was clock taken from(point of contact, crossing the net, oppositions court)? How fast was it?
