drakulie
Talk Tennis Guru
I think a 20%, 111 mph serve could be quite handy at 3.0 and 3.5 levels.
Any serve that wild probably has some unsual action after bouncing that would make it hard to handle at the lower levels.
I know a guy who is 3.0-ish, plays doubles, and has about a 95mph/25% first serve that he hits with an eastern grip and quite a bit of underspin. I guess being 6'3", he gets away with this. He has an almost 100% winning rate on his frist serves. His second is very consistent, and he probably wins at least 50% of his points. Most 3.0/3.5 players fear his serve in doubles.
I understand your point mav, but at 20% that means they are getting possibly one first serve in for each service game, which is not effective for the outcome of a service hold.
To me, that is not effective at all. The other thing is, at that level, the one serve they do get in could be blocked back, if the placement is not good.