EddieBrock
Hall of Fame
I've struggled with the serve for years and one aspect that gives me trouble I didn't appreciate was the timing of the shot.
In my last match I double faulted about once per game, sometimes more. My opponent was standing in on both serves and I was trying to go bigger/move it around more and I ended up double faulting instead and completely lost the timing. Today I played against a coach and when I noticed people were watching all of sudden my serve fell apart and I lost the timing.
In general when I get nervous I noticed I talk faster or more like a robot and just don't handle it well and I think that messes up my serve because of the importance of being loose and timing all the movements together. Are there any tricks I can use to fix the timing when I know I'm nervous? My coach suggested slowing down like I'm under water, which helped things but didn't fix them. It's like I release the ball too soon and I rush to get my racket to it or too late and I wait for the toss. When I'm relaxed and serving my best my serve is actually pretty good. I just can't get it to work when it counts.
In my last match I double faulted about once per game, sometimes more. My opponent was standing in on both serves and I was trying to go bigger/move it around more and I ended up double faulting instead and completely lost the timing. Today I played against a coach and when I noticed people were watching all of sudden my serve fell apart and I lost the timing.
In general when I get nervous I noticed I talk faster or more like a robot and just don't handle it well and I think that messes up my serve because of the importance of being loose and timing all the movements together. Are there any tricks I can use to fix the timing when I know I'm nervous? My coach suggested slowing down like I'm under water, which helped things but didn't fix them. It's like I release the ball too soon and I rush to get my racket to it or too late and I wait for the toss. When I'm relaxed and serving my best my serve is actually pretty good. I just can't get it to work when it counts.