Serving ---- Any adjustments for serving in deuce and ad court???

[fish]

Could any nice guys here sharing yr views on serving in deuce court and ad court???
For deuce court, we are serving the ball to the left side ,
but for ad court, we are serving the ball to the right side.
Any adjustment to make for that, in terms of flat serve, slice serve,or kick ???
And could you share yr views of adjustment to serve to T, body or wide side???
For me, I am using different extent of waist turns.
Wait for yr great views :> fish

 

[Grimjack]

I adjust the angle of my starting position, with the toes angled a little toward the netpost when serving to the deuce court (maybe 30 degrees between baseline and front foot), and parallel to the baseline when serving to the ad. This keeps the body aligned the same way with respect to my intended targets. (Places my own personal body geometry in such alignment that my natural flat-serve motion is directed to the backhand corner of a righty.)

 

[kevhen]

I tend to slice more outwide on the deuce side and hit more topspin outwide on the ad side. I stand closer to the center hash on duece side and go farther left on ad side to be able to go outwide easier. I always align my feet in the direction I am serving no matter which side. Then it's just a matter of figuring out which serves my opponents have the most troubles with flat, slice, or topspin, and which side forehand, backhand, or into the body do they struggle with most. But you still need to keep them guessing a little bit and can vary pace too to uncover more weaknesses.

 

[tom-selleck]

sorry, are you guys talking lefty or righty serve??? i wish everyone could just talk righty and us lefties can just adjust, which we are very used to.

 

[TwistServe]

sorry, are you guys talking lefty or righty serve??? i wish everyone could just talk righty and us lefties can just adjust, which we are very used to.

Kevhen is specifically talking about righty serve, which is just opposite for leftys..

For a righty serve, the slice is used more often on the duece court, while the kickserve is used more often on the ad court. Because of the angles on the court, I also serve closert to the T on the deuce side, and I stay more in the middle in the ad court to create more angle to hit into the backhand with my kickserve.

 

[Mahboob Khan]

This is very good question and deserves my attention:

-- A few days ago I observed that my daughter, Sarah Mahboob, whilst serving into the deuce court was pointing tip of her racket toward the intended target/opponent, and with this her upper body opened up prematurely. There was no such problem in the ad court because the intended target was in front of her eyes. I told her to initially see the position of her opponent, and then keep her starting stance (her racket) to her right side so that she does not open up prematurely.

-- Slice serve deuce court: The by pass with the ball is around 3 o'clock.

-- Slice serve ad court: The by pass is around 9 o'clock (extreme pronation).

-- Serve up the T ad court: By far this is the most difficult shot. You ought to slice the ball a bit (hitting the outside of the ball) to go down the T in the ad court. If you slice too much the ball lands up the T deuce court! If executed properly, the ball will curve away from righty's forehand if he is leaning more to his backhand side!

Great questions will get great responses.

 

[fish]

Mahboob Khan, thanks for yr comment.
It is a good useful one. :>

 

[tennis_hand]

To me as a rightie, i always point the left foot towards the netpost.