new serve

[stickman]

my service motion as of 2 days ago...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-ekNv_Cro4

[spacediver]

Looks pretty good, though I think you brake your tossing arm much too early when it comes down.

[stickman]

Its possible... i really did'nt know what my serve looked like until now... i was watching murry and he drove is back arm out, so i thaught i would give it a try.

I never used to break my arm off that soon... i kinda just happened...

I was looking for more power and tried to get a little more sholder rotation by making sure both my sholders were facing the net at contact...it really made a difference. Not sure if its the most efficent way to hit the ball or not?

[bottle]

If shoulder rotation is making a beneficial contribution to your serve, it still would after you pulled your whole stance around more, say by pulling your right foot more toward side fence.

You'd make contact with shoulders more closed while using the same amount of HUBR (horizontal upper body rotation).

Would this affect everything else in the serve? Of course. Any hopeful tennis player is looking at a total overhaul every time he changes anything unless he's a car. So get good at overhauls, say I, maybe two or three a day.

Only when you have something you passionately like should you stay with it
while being careful not to run it into the ground or injure yourself; but as Martina is trying to tell Elena, cut back on all the fine tune sequence even if you think your present serve is great (or even adequate).

We all need something good that won't break down under pressure.

I'm not going to say much more than this, will just continue reporting my own misadventures and momentary brainstorms. If something from this internal process proves useful, fine; if not, fine again, but why exactly should I stop?

Often I enjoy talking with myself more than with other people. I don't recommend that for a cocktail party, but for service development it could be the best course.

[bigryoung]

Good serve! I would suggest focusing more on rhythm. To me that means bringing the racket up as my legs go down, and then bringing my racket behind my back when i go up. I like to bend my knees enough that it feels like my racquet is at the level of my butt when it goes behind my back. That will get your abs working. Also you might benefit from keeping the bend in your elbow during the windup and swing at more of a 90 degree angle. That should stretch your chest a little better.

[sejsel]

If shoulder rotation is making a beneficial contribution to your serve, it still would after you pulled your whole stance around more, say by pulling your right foot more toward side fence.

You'd make contact with shoulders more closed while using the same amount of HUBR (horizontal upper body rotation).

Would this affect everything else in the serve? Of course. Any hopeful tennis player is looking at a total overhaul every time he changes anything unless he's a car. So get good at overhauls, say I, maybe two or three a day.

Only when you have something you passionately like should you stay with it
while being careful not to run it into the ground or injure yourself; but as Martina is trying to tell Elena, cut back on all the fine tune sequence even if you think your present serve is great (or even adequate).

We all need something good that won't break down under pressure.

I'm not going to say much more than this, will just continue reporting my own misadventures and momentary brainstorms. If something from this internal process proves useful, fine; if not, fine again, but why exactly should I stop?

Often I enjoy talking with myself more than with other people. I don't recommend that for a cocktail party, but for service development it could be the best course.

Good serve! I would suggest focusing more on rhythm. To me that means bringing the racket up as my legs go down, and then bringing my racket behind my back when i go up. I like to bend my knees enough that it feels like my racquet is at the level of my butt when it goes behind my back. That will get your abs working. Also you might benefit from keeping the bend in your elbow during the windup and swing at more of a 90 degree angle. That should stretch your chest a little better.

Tennisplayer.net at its best.
It is really nice to see such good advices.
Even though hitting and contact with the ball opens the torso, initial advice from bottle on torso rotation is a good lead in this case.