Serve landed wide from ad. court?

[crystal_clear]

I have good down the T serve from duce court but struggling to land serve in from ad. court. The serve usually landed 1-2 feet wide. How do I correct this?
Thanks in advance.

 

[JRstriker12]

I have good down the T serve from duce court but struggling to land serve in from ad. court. The serve usually landed 1-2 feet wide. How do I correct this?
Thanks in advance.

Aim 1-2 feet into the box from where you hit it wide???

 

[mikeler]

Aim 1-2 feet into the box from where you hit it wide???

What he said.

 

[crystal_clear]

Aim 1-2 feet into the box from where you hit it wide???

How? I can aim for an Ace?

 

[In D Zone]

If you are consistent in serving to the same spot on the ad side; without changing any of your motion. You can try these two (righty server)
1. toss the ball slightly to your left (more to the center/ in front of you).
2. adjust you back foot either a little to the right or to the left - experiment which serving position is better.

Also, try the 'Slice' serve aiming more closer to the T. I found the slice to be much easier to serve to the T on the Ad than hitting Flat. And it pulls your opponent wide to the right; weaker return or an Ace (if you have a good slice serve)

 

[esgee48]

In D Zone: That's what I was going to suggest!

Setting up the position of the feet is important whether you us the platform or pinpoint stance. It requires only moving the back foot a few inches to hit towards different corners of the service box. The receiver can't even see the different feet positions.

 

[jdubbs]

I was hitting my 2nd serve about a foot out, so I just moved about 1.5 feet behind the baseline and voila, my serve went in.

Don't know if this is a long term strategy, though.

 

[crystal_clear]

If you are consistent in serving to the same spot on the ad side; without changing any of your motion. You can try these two (righty server)
1. toss the ball slightly to your left (more to the center/ in front of you).
2. adjust you back foot either a little to the right or to the left - experiment which serving position is better.

Also, try the 'Slice' serve aiming more closer to the T. I found the slice to be much easier to serve to the T on the Ad than hitting Flat. And it pulls your opponent wide to the right; weaker return or an Ace (if you have a good slice serve)

Good suggestion. I will try to adjust my right foot and try to slice the ball to T.

In D Zone: That's what I was going to suggest!

Setting up the position of the feet is important whether you us the platform or pinpoint stance. It requires only moving the back foot a few inches to hit towards different corners of the service box. The receiver can't even see the different feet positions.

I will try to move the back foot only instead of moving both feet.

 

[crystal_clear]

I was hitting my 2nd serve about a foot out, so I just moved about 1.5 feet behind the baseline and voila, my serve went in.

Don't know if this is a long term strategy, though.

It is not a long term fix just like I moved to left more in order to put serve in.

Try to toss ball more in front and it works for me.

 

[In D Zone]

In D Zone: That's what I was going to suggest!

Setting up the position of the feet is important whether you us the platform or pinpoint stance. It requires only moving the back foot a few inches to hit towards different corners of the service box. The receiver can't even see the different feet positions.

That's what makes it so hard to read. I basically stand on the same service position - opponent don't know where the ball will go on my serve. I prefer to serve ad mostly to the bh side of righty opponent and then would hit the slice or flat down the T in between and to throw them off and possible score ez points.

 

[crystal_clear]

That's what makes it so hard to read. I basically stand on the same service position - opponent don't know where the ball will go on my serve. I prefer to serve ad mostly to the bh side of righty opponent and then would hit the slice or flat down the T in between and to throw them off and possible score ez points.

Good strategy~

I was wondering how Federer disguises his serve motion.

 

[JRstriker12]

How? I can aim for an Ace?

LOL! You can aim for an ace, but cant control whether or not your opponent is quick enough to reach the ball.