Serve tip

[atp2015]

How about this serve tip? Assuming you start the serve with the heel of the back leg raised and on your toes, what happens to it during the shoulder turn and racket take back before reaching the TP? Until recently, my back leg remained mainly on the balls/pad and drove up my leg from there to hit the ball. Before and after the knee bend, I was on my foot pad than the entire foot and the heel part never touched the ground. After 30 minutes of practicing serves last week, I was a bit tired and to take it easy, I tried one different thing and made a significant difference to my serve quality (spin, speed, effort required etc). The one thing was to make the back foot rest on the entire foot(heels also touching the ground) rather than just the balls/pad. It made the leg drive more stronger and easier. I saw some slow motion serves of pros and noticed that all of them rest on the entire foot though some of them start with the back leg on the pad. I imagine for many of you it's a 'yawn' - but I was pleasantly surprised by a seemingly minor adjustment.
(low 4 player - and serve is my main strength)

 

[SystemicAnomaly]

How about this serve tip? Assuming you start the serve with your back leg raised and on your toes...

What do you mean by ¨you start the serve with your back leg raised¨? I can´t visualize what you have in mind here? Could you provide an image of this?

 

[atp2015]

What do you mean by ¨you start the serve with your back leg raised¨? I can´t visualize what you have in mind here? Could you provide an image of this?

sorry meant "heel of the back leg raised".

observe the back foot in the first image here -

http://ftptennis.net/ftp-tennis-col...ion-01-the-serve-starting-position-explained/

 

[GuyClinch]

I get it. But I'd wager the normal problem is getting the weight on the back foot - and not balancing it out (or moving it to the front before contact).. Obviously using the pinpoint rectifies this..

 

[oble]

sorry meant "heel of the back leg raised".

observe the back foot in the first image here -

http://ftptennis.net/ftp-tennis-col...ion-01-the-serve-starting-position-explained/

Usually, if you start in that position, you would rock back a little to move the weight back to neutral or slightly back-biased, which causes the back foot plant flat on the ground. You then rock forward again as you get into the trophy pose which moves the weight forward and forces you to be on your toes/pad on both feet at the trophy pose, regardless of service stance. For many, this back and forth motion helps to get into a much stronger trophy pose.

If you start with the back foot heel raised and you don't move it at all and just toss and get into the trophy pose, there's a chance you might not be loading your legs and core muscles as much as you can actually achieve.

 

[morandi]

The main goal to reach that most people fail to do on the serve is to have the weight on the back foot throughout the entire tossing motion or at the very least evenly distributed. Pin point or platform. Most people transfer their weight too quickly to their front foot during their toss.

 

[Buford T Justice]

The main goal to reach that most people fail to do on the serve is to have the weight on the back foot throughout the entire tossing motion or at the very least evenly distributed. Pin point or platform. Most people transfer their weight too quickly to their front foot during their toss.

Some guys (with suspect form) never even bother to move their front foot up! I am very proud to note to all that this is the singular item I have in common with this guy.

 

[Fintft]

The main goal to reach that most people fail to do on the serve is to have the weight on the back foot throughout the entire tossing motion or at the very least evenly distributed. Pin point or platform. Most people transfer their weight too quickly to their front foot during their toss.

I totally agree and been working on this since the fall. One thing that might help is to make sure to bend the knees (you also get more power that way)