How To Improve Your Tennis Serve
Do you want to become a better tennis player?
If so…
This is the place to be. I have tennis techniques that I think you’ve never heard before, and they will improve your serve tenfold!
A while back I was searching online to improve my Roddick serve style, and I found a resource that any tennis player needs.
The amazing resource helped me improve the speed of my serve drastically, and it also helped me with every other aspect of my game.
You will be able to increase your serve speed by 10-20 Mph when you use this serve technique.
Every tennis player is looking for the tips that will evolve into solid technique.
That is what this resource does.
This resource works for beginner and experienced tennis players.
If you are a beginner expect 10-50 Mph improvement on your serve.
If you are an expert expect 10-20 Mph improvement on your serve.
These improvements will take place in only a few weeks of using these techniques.
The first thing you can improve is your basic serve.
How can you improve your basic serve?
Most people learn their basic serve without any pre-research. They learn technique that not only lacks power, but can cause injury to themselves.
It isn’t your fault, most people allow themselves to have bad form due to lack of coaching, you need to correct this.
What would you suggest?
Try serving like this:
1) Hold the ball with your right foot parallel to baseline and your left foot pointing at the net.
2) Hold the ball by your right leg and imagine a straight up and down throw.
3) As you release the ball, bring your raquet back.
4) Shift your weight onto your back foot.
5) This is where alot of beginners have problems, the trick is to bend your knees after, not before, the ball is released. Your legs will contribute alot of power to your serve, making it that much faster.
6) To get maximum power, your raquet needs to be hanging down behind you almost limp with a relaxed wrist. This puts the least strain on your arm and prevents damage.
7) Straighten your legs, straighten your eblow, than use all that built up energy to torpedo your wrist around with the formerly limp raquet in hand. Do not snap your wrist as this will cause damage. Let the momentum whip it around, the power is not from the wrist.
Your point of contact with the ball should be when directly above you. Watch your raquet strike the ball for a split second. Many beginners don’t even look at the ball when they do this, so it is no wonder they have trouble aiming the serve. Once again let me re-iterate, hit the ball at full extension. Far too many people hit the ball too low.
This is just a small portion of a proper serve, and their are five other basic tennis serves.
Article by Johnny Scarpelli, a personal trainer at X-Sport fitness in Illinois. Contact info: Seds0@hotmail.com