serve speed at 10 years old

tennisboy21

New User
When i was ten i had my serve measured at 80 mph at a clinic. When i did this the coaches were shocked and amazed.
how good is that exactly.
im now 20 and come back to the game after a 5 year lay off and am serving at 110 mph but i am sure i will improve.

what was ur speed at 10?
 

Clutch

Rookie
When I was 12, I had my serve clocked around 5-10 mph lower than yours. If it is true what you say, I believe that is great as well, as long as the serve was in.
 

killer

Semi-Pro
As much as i'm impressed by these numbers (if they're real), i have two things to mention: first, that racquet technology makes a lot of things possible, and second that if you're serving that hard before your body has had a chance to grow into that kind of power, you're setting yourself up for injury. Of course, if neither of these points apply to you, then good for you!
 

gscone

Rookie
tennisboy21 said:
When i was ten i had my serve measured at 80 mph at a clinic. When i did this the coaches were shocked and amazed.
how good is that exactly.
im now 20 and come back to the game after a 5 year lay off and am serving at 110 mph but i am sure i will improve.

what was ur speed at 10?

I'm waving the BS flag on this one. Are you sure it was not 80 KM/hr? That sounds more realistic.
 

equinox

Hall of Fame
My first serve maxes out @ about 175kph.

130kph @ 10 years...

Most 10 year olds i've seen have spinny weak kick serves @ 80-100kph max.

You are a freak.
 
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SageOfDeath

Guest
killer said:
As much as i'm impressed by these numbers (if they're real), i have two things to mention: first, that racquet technology makes a lot of things possible, and second that if you're serving that hard before your body has had a chance to grow into that kind of power, you're setting yourself up for injury. Of course, if neither of these points apply to you, then good for you!

Ok I've seen some good (I mean prodigies) 10 year olds. But 80 mph? You must have been pretty big strong 10 year old because that would put a lot of strain on your body. The 10 year olds I've seen hit pretty hard and low over the net and are pretty consistant but due to their height they can't have a very powerful serve or else it would go out.
 
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