i dont get how do u wrist snap during serve at all. my friend told me about it a couple days ago and he said it could probably increase serve speed by 10-20mph and i tried doing it but it doesnt work apparently. can someone post a vid or show me a vid of somone snapping their wrist while serving? and does "snapping wrist" means pronate?
wrist snap during serve
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tacotanium
Professional
you haven't practice long enough to get it right.
so what should i do to practice it right? should i snap the wrist the second i contact the ball or snap before contacting?
HunterST
Hall of Fame
The wrist snap is not something you consciously do. It comes from having a loose arm and wrist. You do have to consciously pronate though.
can u explain to me whats exactly is pronation?
HunterST
Hall of Fame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1C6V_3s4nA
This video does a much better job of explaining than I could do.
heretoserve
Rookie
In an ideal service motion the wrist should not move at all. I think he says in the video that the wrist and forearm pronate as one piece. Spin come from simply making contact early in the pronation as the racquet turns out at a slightly lower contact. Many other things have to be done correct to get to this point ie. continental grip, palm down, collapsing the elbow. If your motion isn't right from the beginning you WILL have to make wrist adjustments that lead to injury(mostly because there are no muscles in the wrist only tendons).
heretoserve
Rookie
Pronation is the inwards to outwards rotation of a cylinder(forearm).
SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
"Wrist snap"! Hate that phrase. Forget about snapping the wrist. Rotate your forearm instead. If the wrist is laid back during the upward swing from the racket drop, the forearm rotation will take care of the minor wrist actions -- do not actively snap the wrist.
Hold your hand up so that the palm of your hand is facing your ear. Now turn the forearm so that your palm is facing forward. This forearm rotation is known as pronation.
Hold your hand up so that the palm of your hand is facing your ear. Now turn the forearm so that your palm is facing forward. This forearm rotation is known as pronation.
dozu
Banned
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKTbK7MkwcE&feature=related
former world #1 explains how to concentrate the power at the contact point.
former world #1 explains how to concentrate the power at the contact point.
Tennisatreynolds
New User
Loose Wrist on the Serve
A loose wrist is essential to not only gaining more power, but control, spin, placement, trajectory, everything. To get a looser wrist you also have to remember to loosen the grip and the fingers. Just like trying to throw a ball if you squeeze tightly it does not go anywhere. You have to loosen to allow the wrist to accelerate. Many of the top pros current and past will even take one or two fingers off the bottom of the grip to insure that they are keeping their grip, hand and fingers loose. Try it with a very loose had and just allow the wrist to snap naturally. There will be some pronation, but you don't want to force the pronation as you might hurt your wrist and/or elbow in the process.
A loose wrist is essential to not only gaining more power, but control, spin, placement, trajectory, everything. To get a looser wrist you also have to remember to loosen the grip and the fingers. Just like trying to throw a ball if you squeeze tightly it does not go anywhere. You have to loosen to allow the wrist to accelerate. Many of the top pros current and past will even take one or two fingers off the bottom of the grip to insure that they are keeping their grip, hand and fingers loose. Try it with a very loose had and just allow the wrist to snap naturally. There will be some pronation, but you don't want to force the pronation as you might hurt your wrist and/or elbow in the process.
dozu
Banned
I just thot of something, why do top tennis pros don't give lessons like this? It's a shame that all we can find on youtube is 8 minutes from Djokovic.
In the badminton world, you can find world champs like Zhao (in this clip), and Peter Gabe, giving series of instructions.
revolutionary technique
Rookie
I agree with this. ..
user92626
G.O.A.T.
It seems to me that many pro's do not use pronation and still have tons of power in their serve. For example Verdasco in this clip does not pronation-serve at all (in my eyes). Am I right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_tClRQWHys
SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
No, the pronation is still there. However, the pronation on a spin serve like this is more subdued (& may be somewhat more gradual) than the pronation action seen on a flatter serve.
Note that Fernando slightly supinates his left forearm as he prepares to toss the ball with his right arm. This supination is one sign that he will pronate the forearm latter in the service motion. Take a look at the slo-mo part of the video, right around 2:02. Try to stop the action at the bottom of the racquet drop, just as his left elbow has come up and his forearm is starting to pull the raccuet handle up.
Notice the orientation of his racquet face at this point. There is no way that he will be able to make a clean contact with the stringbed without pronating his forearm from this orientation.
