How to get better serve for tennis? and why?
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Ha ha! My greatest weakness in tennis is serving too! I suggest to keep on practicing. I practiced that for a few weeks and became steadily better. The correct way is to:\n1. Hold you racket and tennis ball, racket in your "writing" hand and tennis ball in the other,\n2. Swing your racket half a circle back, with a lot of power, and\n3. Quickly through your tennis ball in the air.\n\nYour swing with the racket should give you power. By the time you're done with the swing, you should instantly throw the tennis ball in the air. Thsi gives the serve more power form the swing. If you swing your racket and then throw the tennis ball in the air too late, your power from the swing will be gone and it will be a useless gesture. Hope that helps!
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ZZTOPSPIN, if you want to serve like a profesional, then you should find yourself a coach because it's really the best way to do it. But with that in mind, I'll try to help you the best that I can.\n\nAs a tennis instructor, we teach the serve in steps. The first things we work on are the toss and the contact. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart (and with your non-dominant foot forward) and place your racket on the ground with the strings about six inches from your front-most foot. Toss the ball so that it goes up about a foot and a half from your outstretched hand and lands on the racquet. Keep doing this until you can hit your racquet consistently. You may be thinking, "This is so stupid!" But how often do you see professional players toss the ball, and then have to take steps sideways to get themselves in position to hit their poorly performed toss? NEVER! And how many times do you see recreational players do it? ALWAYS! And so, I repeat, the toss is a key to a professional's serve.\n\nAlso, when you toss the ball, hold the ball with the tips of your fingers. This is because you want to release your toss such that the ball DOES NOT spin in the air. If you hold the ball in your palm, the ball will end up rolling up fingers, will spin in the air, and will respond differently every time. We want consistency here.\n\nNow that you've got your toss down consistently, you're going to want to work on your contact. Before we do that, we want to address your grip. Changing your grip is a good way to change the kind of spin that you put on the ball, but it usually isn't the way that pros do it. Spin comes later. Don't worry about that now. Hold your racquet with the "V" of your thumb and pointer finger on the middle bevel found by following the side edge of your racqued down to your grip. Start with your racquet in "back scratch position", or with the side of your racquet touching the middle of your back. Toss the ball, and extend up to contact and swing through the ball. Keep doing this until you gain comfort with the motion and consistent placement.\n\nCongratulations, you've made it past the first step. There are dozens of different drills that you could do to work on these different aspects of the first step. I've only mentioned two. You should really contact an instructor to help you if you struggle making it through this first step.\n\nStep Two: Now you're going to add the loopy motion that is typical of professional serves. This motion ends up being different for everyone. Pete Sampras, as was mentioned earlier, has a serve that is considered the perfect serve. Theoretically, it maximized momentum and power, however, Andy Roddick badly violates many of the principles of the Sampras serve and still manages to hit his serve harder than anyone ever before. And so, I can't tell you that there is ONE way to do things. All that I can suggest is that you start with your weight on your front foot, and that you transfer that weight to your back foot as you move through to your backscratch position. That way, you can spring out of backscratch and into the ball.\n\nFor you, do whatever you have to do to go from the resting position, to the back scratch position. Some players serve from a pinpoint stance (meaning their feet move together before springing into their serve) while others maintain the shoulder width distance. This is all up to you. The key is to explode up to the ball from the backscratch position. You already mentioned making contact at the highest point, you also want to try to "hit up" on the ball. You may think that you're going to send the ball into the next time zone, but if you tossed the ball at the correct height and make contact at the apex, "hitting up" on the ball will give you the explosion that you need to really power through the ball.\n\nAnother thing, is that you're going to want your serve to lead you i
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I think that is amazing to do that. I sure have never done that and I think you deserve praise. What level of tennis players do you play against. The better the level, the more praise you should recieve. That might show you how much of a clutch player you really are and you deserve to feel good about yourself for this amazing feat.
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ok u have to cocertrate on ur serve and u will practice it dalily. in know this coz i have practised a lot i am a tennis player and i play for INDIA
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I would say that if you are still learning your overhand serve, then you will want to perfect that before trying to hit the "line drive" serve. Being a good server doesnt mean hitting it hard to your opponent, but being able to serve to your opponents weakest spot. Study your opponent when your team serves, find their weak link, and exploit it by hitting that mark when you serve.  Once you have perfected that the "line drive" serve will be easy.  Its a matter of force, once you know how to control the amount of force you have on the ball you will just be able to do it, and the practice from your basic overhand serve will help you control it.
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Just talk about tennis. Watch a match on TV or something and then ask someone is they saw that match. If they say no, fill them in. Also, if you've seen these people play and you wonder how they do a certain thing ask and praise them. Everyone loves praise!! And if worst comes to worst and they all shut you out, make sure you beat them when you play them!
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I am not sure if you are a male or female but in the end it comes down to technique over upper body strength anyway. There are many types of serves one can master. The three most common are your underhand serve...your overhand floater and your jump serve. Most people strive to learn to jump serve, though it is a less accurate serve and tends to work best if you can physically overpower your opponant.  The arm swing on your underhand serve is similiar to rolling a ball in bowling. With the volleyball in your left hand extended out, elbow slightly bent..(opposite hands for a lefty) You make contact with an unclenched fist....pushing off the ball of your right back foot. The underside of your forearm should be up. You direct the ball up AND over the net. Once mastered this is a very dependable serve..but not powerful. The OVERHAND FLOATER is an overhand serve with little to no spin. It may tend to be harder to receive because it "floats" through the air without a speedy trejectory. Thus it's name.  The overhand floater requires less power than an overhand serve with spin and more speed. Step 1: The ball should be thrown in the air. It is less important which hand you use to do this or whether or not your use two hands for your toss so long as it is accurate and about 18" above your head. Contact should be made by swinging your right arm (L for a lefty) and hitting the ball with the ball of your hand. Not the palm/fingers/or wrist! The most common mistakes are a bad toss, inproper contact, and failing to fully extend your arm above your head to maximize reach. Swing with your whole arm and not just at the elbow. Once you learn to put these two serves over the net you can work more on placement, speed, etc. Write back then and ask for tips on other overhand serves and jump serving. Good luck! :o)
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Use as much of your body as you can - legs, back, shoulders.  Don't just toss the ball up, stand straight up, and swing your racket.  Instead, once you've tossed the ball crouch your body, bending at the knees AND the waist, as low as you reasonably can.  At the same time drop the shoulder of the arm that your racket is in as low as you can while keeping your toss arm up in the air (this will help you balance).  When the ball reaches the top of the toss, spring/uncoil your body by straighteing/uncoiling your lower body and at the same time bring your shoulder with the racket up and through the ball.  Notice "through", your follow through across your body is every bit as important to power (and accuracy).  Note - racket speed also has something to do with it but get this motion down first and once you've gotten comfortable with it you can work on doing it faster for even more speed.
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1.  Shorten your back swing\n2.  Aim not as high above the net.\n3.  Aim for the deep corners of the court.\n4.  Avoid topsin, will cause the ball to sit up for easy pass or lob.  Flatter stroke or even slice.\n5.  Make sure you stop when you hit the shot, and stop when you prepare for the volley.\n6.  Remember this is an approach shot not a winner. Depth and precision are more important than pace. \n7. Practice a lot.
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If you use a single handed grip then I guess you just slice it back crosscourt, and make your opponent come over the baseline to get it. (I'm not really the person to ask on that one)\n\nIf however, you are like me and play a double-handed backhand then make sure you are well prepared, and play a topspin shot down the line short, or crosscourt deep. Make sure you roll it over and do not hit the net or put the shot out. It is better to return a horribly short return than to put it out, as at least you have a chance.\n\nNOTE: If your opponent has a particularly good and fast  serve, then make sure you get it deep and crosscourt.\n\nAlso, if they are playing serve and volley, hit is down the line low and hard, making sure you don't pull the shot out.\n\nHope this helps, and hope your not a beginner, or this will seem like jargon.
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For digging....Make sure you are not swinging at the ball. If you have your hands in the right place and the hit is hard enough, the ball will pop right off your platform. (also....have your hands positioned to the setter so your ball won't go right in front of you) \n\nFor serve receive....Before a game...try to know what types of serves your opponent has. Float serves will tend to change direction at the last second, so be ready to move your feet. For top spin, getting to the right place is half the battle. Then just stick out your hands and angle to the target. (might require slight movement of the platform) For jump serve, it is likedigging, stick tyour hands out and angle because it is coming hard. \n\nFor passing...stay low (Good tip someone told me: if you can touch the ground without having to really extend your arm...you are low enough.) Also, have your feet spread out a little more than shoulder's length so you can move quickly and not easily fall over. IF you are over-passing, take a little off and aim behind to the ten foot line and maybe then the pass will land past what you aimed for and to the correct  spot.
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Everyone says "just relax" or "take a deep breathe"  But whenever I tried that I just got MORE nervous.  Just try to take your mind off of the score and off of HOW you're going to serve or what you NEED to do.  Just let your body feel it out.  When you tell yourself exactly how to bend your arm or how to or how much spin to put on the ball, you'll just mess it up.  Stop thinking about details and concentrate on getting the ball over and in.  And if you start messing WHILE you're playing just try not to overthink the score, yet don't undermind the score either.  When I constantly think about the score and what points I need to win, I'm too busy thinking about what I NEED to do instead of actually letting my body do it itself.  And if you lose, it's not the end of the world, and there's PLENTY of chances for a comeback in a tennis match.  \n\n"If you hit the ball INTO the net, you're absolutely sure you're not going to get that point.  If you think you've hit the ball too long, there could always be a gust of wind.  But only if you hit the ball into the net are you certain you've lost the point."
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Forget about which racquet is the highest rated. The racquet is nothing. Proper technique is everything.\n\nGet a dozen demo racquets and play-test them. Buy the one that works best for you. Spend whatever money is left over on tennis lessons (private lessons are STRONGLY preferred). \n\nIf you can't afford private lessons, buy several instructional books and/or video tapes. This is surely the fastest way to improve.\n\nThe magic is not in the racquet.
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Cancel your trip to the Bolletieri tennis camp ASAP. \n\nI'm a nationally certified tennis instructor, and I have several tennis students who've attended his camp. They all tell me the camp relies far too heavily on hard work, and provides far too little actual tennis technique.\n\nAnd, even though I've not actually attended his camp, I can absolutely confirm you'll receive far too little technique there. \n\nIndeed, one of my tennis instructor friends, who used to work at Bolletieri's camp, showed me the camp's instruction manual. It definitely contains far too little, as well as basically incorrect, tennis technique.\n\nIn fact, you should forget all tennis camps because they all suffer from the same problem... too little technique and too little individual attention.\n\nInstead, take PRIVATE tennis lessons from a qualified tennis instructor. This is absolutely the best bang for your tennis buck!
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1. every single year go on the tennis team. \n2. play people who are more skilled then you most of the time, you could learn something. \n3. people who are worst then you can be good practice of hitting the ball.\n4. find someone and try to beat them\n5. practice at least 3 times a week, even without a net you can\n6. practice drills at home, swings, serveing, hitting the ball towards the wall. drills as in foot drills then foot drills plus swings\n7. try your best.\n8. if y9ou can use chalk and draw a tennis court, and practice drills over there.
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Well, work on your handles with tennis balls, and work on catching with tennis balls also. In the game, focus on getting your teammates involved, and also be agressive. Hustle, and even if you're nervous, don't let it show, and have poise. God Bless, and good luck this year!
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well if you serve underhand, you should try curls. for an overhand or power serve you just have to do it alot. that will help you build the strength. to keep the ball out of the net try hitting the ball sooner. when its higher (for over hand) same for underhand too. its really depends on your release point. and if you serve with a closed fist make sure you make a totally flat contact with the ball. if you dont and you hit it with the side of edge of your fist it will go out of bounds. Good Luck!! keep practicing! :)