Second serve on low bouncing court

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What type of second serve is to advised on low bouncing court?
Slower flat, slice, kick, topslice, other hybrid?
Lets assume, the server can hit all type of serve egally well.
In case of pro tennis and rec tennis.

Thank you for your answer
Toth
 
What type of second serve is to advised on low bouncing court?
Slower flat, slice, kick, topslice, other hybrid?
Lets assume, the server can hit all type of serve egally well.
In case of pro tennis and rec tennis.

Thank you for your answer
Toth

what about the receiver, can that person return equally well every type of serve?
 
Than what type of serve use the pros usually on low bounce court?

1. you can go after your strong shots
2. you can go after the opponent weakness

these 2 options say that I can serve / return equally good everything doesn't exist.

3. it's all relative of course, but if you have a proper flat service, it's a good consideration for low bouncing surface
4. slice serve. If you have a good slice serve, meaning good placement, decent speed, and the ball doesn't "sit" in the air waiting for a winner straight from return, you should consider the slice returns, but then again, if your opponent returns everything equally well, then it doesn't matter
5. top spin / kick. by default you will serve it with lower speed + it won't bounce as high as on clay for example. So might be just in the hitting zone for returner. If your opponent returns equally well from FH and BH, you might want to avoid this
6. body serve. as the low bounce surfaces usually are faster, it could be another consideration. Though, a good returner will know that it is enough to make a step forward and play it as a regular BH from deuce side and FH from ad side
 
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