How is kick serve likened to a throwing motion?

[New Daddy]

People liken the service motion to a throwing motion.
Personally, that works very well for flat serves.
With flat serves, aiming to throw the racket at the direction of your target works well.

But how is a kick serve likened to a throwing motion?
Where should you aim to throw the racket at?
I can't seem to associate the throwing motion with kick serves.

 

[BullDogTennis]

i aim to throw the racquet as high as i possibly can into the air. and that should get you one in the middle of the box, then from there minor adjustments to hit the corners.

 

[gzhpcu]

You should aim up and across (inside - out).

Look at Wil's Kick Serve video.

http://www.fuzzyyellowballs.com/video-tennis-lessons/serve/kick-serve/

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

Even for "flat" serves, the throwing motion differs from a ball throw.

A "ball" throwing motion and a tennis "kick serve" throwing motion are significantly different. Try throwing old racquets instead of balls. When throwing a ball you are probably not going to simulate a proper "racquet drop" at all. You might approximate it somewhat by tilting the shoulders more, letting the arm bend a bit more, driving the back shoulder & chest upward and then throwing the ball upward at 75 to 90 degrees (instead of 45-60 degrees or less).

This is easier to accomplish when throwing racquets than with throwing balls. You can also simulate the the upward brushing motion when racquet throwing. This aspect is also a bit more difficult to simulate with a ball throw.

 

[naylor]

i aim to throw the racquet as high as i possibly can into the air. and that should get you one in the middle of the box, then from there minor adjustments to hit the corners.

I modify that slightly, by thinking of throwing the racket high and also over the back or side fence - it's the over the fence element that makes the racket brush (what feels like) half-way around the ball that gives it the over or kick spin.

 

[GuyClinch]

I think of throwing something straight up at the ball and hitting it more around the left side.

 

[charliefedererer]

Try pitching a curve ball to a friend in the second deck.