Tossing practice: Where should I place my racquet face for a kick serve?

[Djokovicfan4life]

I've been working on my toss lately and I know that for a flat serve the racquet face should be placed about a foot in front of my left foot. Yesterday I tried to hit some kickers and a few of them got some pretty nice jump on them. But I'm used to my flat serve toss, which is really affecting my ability to reproduce this shot consistently. That, and a lack of practice, of course.

Where should I place the racquet face to practice my kick serve toss?

 

[Deleted member 25923]

I've been working on my toss lately and I know that for a flat serve the racquet face should be placed about a foot in front of my left foot. Yesterday I tried to hit some kickers and a few of them got some pretty nice jump on them. But I'm used to my flat serve toss, which is really affecting my ability to reproduce this shot consistently. That, and a lack of practice, of course.

Where should I place the racquet face to practice my kick serve toss?

That's strange. For me, hitting a spin serve is easier than a flat serve. They don't have tremendous kick or slice, but they do have spin and consistency. Try letting go later. Just focus on holding the ball a split second longer. It's hard to place a racquet face for a kick serve.

 

[tennisdad65]

It depends on what type of kick serve you are trying to hit, I guess.
1) American twist
2) Topspin or
3) Topspin-slice (yes, sampras used to kick up his topspin-slice quite a bit )

I would place the racquet face 6 inches in front of your feet. i.e. 6 inches inside your flat position.

American twist - ~ 9-12 inches to left of your flat position
Topspin - ~ 0-3 inches to left of your flat position
topspin-slice ~ 3-6 inches to right of your flat position

If depends on each guy but these are my positions (and I never hit a flat serve).