6-3, 3-6
The first set, no hold, no doubles. The second set, I held but have two doubles.
Looking at my serves on video, I just want to kick myself: where’s the improvements?
My arm shouldn’t face forward … not pronated!
I tried scratch my back method – cut the up swing motion, place the racket at the back, elbow out, then toss the ball. But somehow, I still manage to change my grip AFTER tossing the ball. How talented am I.
My top and skirt are mostly wet when I start out on the tennis court, because I always go to the pool first, to swim a few laps, to warm up for the game. I towel dry then over to tennis.
Today’s wet is an extreme, and I don’t know why and what has happened, dripping wet.
If you’re trying to copy how a pro does the serve properly, keep watching it in slow motion over and over and try to memorize how it’s done and reply everything you saw when it’s your turn to practice it on the court or even off the court
Split your serve practice session into different separate segments like
Segment 1 – dribble the ball x number times before tossing
Got it perfected, move on to the next
Segment 2 – Work on your toss without hitting with your racket
Check the following:
How high was your toss?
How far away in front and to the side of you?
Put something on the ground where you expect the ball to land . You can use a coin or a piece of paper
Make sure you can land the ball on that target or close to it over and over
Now you’re ready to work with your racket: where it travels to reach the hitting position
Is the racket head all the way up like in the pictures? Whoa that’s usually for the advanced players
Very important to leave your shoulder from tossing hand to stay up before you start you service swing else your serve will most likely hit the net
Point to the ball if you don’t want to look like your serving food or drink
Assuming that you’ve learned the proper positioning of your feet so that there’s no issue bending your knees
Have someone watch you from different angles: from behind you, from the left side, right side to get some feedback
Too many pointers already and getting a headache?
Take a Tylenol and call me in the morning 😜😝😛
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