JackB1
G.O.A.T.
Me and my doubles partner (3.5 level) lost a match last night and the most obvious reason was we both hit many UEs on serve returns. And I am not talking about off hard first serves. Most of our errors came on weak 2nd serves. Kind of slow to medium pace, low and short 2nd serves that they were just "getting in". I was hitting many of them long and my partner was hitting many into the net.
Question is what causes this and how do you prevent this? I know we need to practice these more, but what else can we do to hit a good return off these types of serves? Do you need to really exagerate the "high to low" swing and use heavy topspin? What's the safest way to just hit a good, deep return and neutralize the serve? Do you take a normal fast swing or slow it down and just punch it back in? These serves were below waist height, so you couldn't just take a hard flat swing and put them away. Lots of women have this type of serve...it's just medium pace, flat and stays low.
Question is what causes this and how do you prevent this? I know we need to practice these more, but what else can we do to hit a good return off these types of serves? Do you need to really exagerate the "high to low" swing and use heavy topspin? What's the safest way to just hit a good, deep return and neutralize the serve? Do you take a normal fast swing or slow it down and just punch it back in? These serves were below waist height, so you couldn't just take a hard flat swing and put them away. Lots of women have this type of serve...it's just medium pace, flat and stays low.
Last edited: