Why I Prefer the Pinpoint Stance

[stroke]

I really like Pat's thought on the serve, the pinpoint, the limbo, winding the spring, and using the ball of the front foot as the base on the serve stance(toe of the foot pointing toward the netpost). He addresses all of this throughly in his outstanding Instructional Video "Serve MPH", which I bought years ago. I have one quick question for Pat. He points out how he likes sliding the back foot up to form the pinpoint. How about these players like Roddick and Monfils who basicly just start with a very narrow platform(pretty much a pinpoint) and just stay there? It seems to simplify the technique just taking out the back foot sliding up.

[John Yandell]

Let's discuss Pat Dougherty's article, "Why I Prefer the Pinpoint Stance"