This is my Second Serve.
Please give tips and suggestions so i can get better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCWFzOXsqO4
Please give tips and suggestions so i can get better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCWFzOXsqO4
LeeD, if my first serve is around the 105mph mark, how fast should my TWIST serve be? Twist serves travel slower than pure topspin serves, so would 55-60mph be pretty good? I want to know because it will tell me if I'm behind with my twist serve.
I mean, I use my twist serve alot and its reliable, but is my speed where it should be (55-60mph)??How fast should it be roughly?
It should be much faster. As a sophomore in HS, my first serve was about 90. My kicker was about 60. My kick serve now, is much improved, and is around 70.
Thanks a lot for all the replies. So here's where i got for today. I went out and through the ball a little further back so it would land on my head. Then i tried loading without lifting my toes back to start. Where i ended up, was not as much up toward the ball but rather just a push into the court.
I'm gonna try to get more leg power to be able to launch up at the ball. What i don't understand for hitting the ball is:
1. Should i try to whip my racquet up and straight at the ball or...
2. Whip my racquet up and forward at the ball.
Also more instruction on how the pre-set-up for the serve would help like the legwork and racquet takeback/ position before the hit.
I really appreciate all the help you guys are giving me. Its really great stuff and i really do go outside and try out the suggestions and its helping me understand and hopefully as i progress, have better and more solid second serves. :