Great video! So many players say to just put the serve in. But you reinforce the idea that the serve can be, and should be, a weapon. And if it drives the return-of-server back, it allows for a 3rd shot drive, which allows you to effectively get to the NVZ line. Great stuff!
You seem to serve with a Continental, but you have your whole core, hips, and body in there... going low to high. But I saw Paris Todd playing with you the other day and she seemed to do a full western top-spin serve. What's your take on doing a semi-eastern/western grip on the serve and going back to Continental for NVZ???? Pros don't talk about this enough and I think us upper level intermediate/ lower level advanced are looking for answers for this. We can spend time learning (getting muscle memory) for this it there is an advantage.
And yet he (and MANY others) continues to serve "from above" the "waist" and is never called on it by OFFICIALS. Could it be that he's not actually serving from above the waist? Or that it's such a close call (as with many PROFESSIONALS with aggressive serves) that it's not worth calling, and it's not the advantage that certain interpreters of the rules would have you believe?
Great video! So many players say to just put the serve in. But you reinforce the idea that the serve can be, and should be, a weapon. And if it drives the return-of-server back, it allows for a 3rd shot drive, which allows you to effectively get to the NVZ line. Great stuff!
Great tip, keep swinging for the fences. Do not de accelerate like I have done when I get in trouble. I appreciate the advice.
So glad you enjoyed!! Thank you for watching!!
You seem to serve with a Continental, but you have your whole core, hips, and body in there... going low to high. But I saw Paris Todd playing with you the other day and she seemed to do a full western top-spin serve. What's your take on doing a semi-eastern/western grip on the serve and going back to Continental for NVZ???? Pros don't talk about this enough and I think us upper level intermediate/ lower level advanced are looking for answers for this. We can spend time learning (getting muscle memory) for this it there is an advantage.
Here's mcguffins big tip he should've used, hit the ball from above your waist
And yet he (and MANY others) continues to serve "from above" the "waist" and is never called on it by OFFICIALS. Could it be that he's not actually serving from above the waist? Or that it's such a close call (as with many PROFESSIONALS with aggressive serves) that it's not worth calling, and it's not the advantage that certain interpreters of the rules would have you believe?
Need a bigger court surface.
As of 2023, spin serves are illegal