Simple question. How good do you reckon your serve is?
For my level as just an amateur, my serve is probs my biggest weapon. I can get a decent amount of power (for my size) & placement, However it is a little inconsistent. When my first serve is firing, the people i play find it impossible to break me. When it's not firing, then my serve gets broken a lot more.
Being a S&V player though, my serve is important, so it's something i have always worked on
My serve is SOOOO slow but I usually place it well. However, it takes my serve like almost half a set to warm up so I usually lose the first set of a match...unless I am having a REALLY good day on my serve. Definitely the weakest and most inconsistent part of my game though.
My first serve used to be pretty good. I was getting good compliments every single week from my instructor. Once I stopped lessons because it was draining my bank account, my serve went crappy as expected. I can hit some nice flat down the T serves on the deuce side, but they aren't fast, and a lot of the times land too central in the service box.
My first serve used to be pretty good. I was getting good compliments every single week from my instructor. Once I stopped lessons because it was draining my bank account, my serve went crappy as expected. I can hit some nice flat down the T serves on the deuce side, but they aren't fast, and a lot of the times land too central in the service box.
My serve is great when it's consistent. When it's inconsistent it's abysmal. My second serve is alright, it's improving as I'm gaining more confidence in it, but it can still be a bit of a puffball when I don't have the confidence in it.
I can hit it hard (180 kmh +) but not with too much placement to be honest, in a match I'll normally get a lot of unreturned serves but 1-2 aces at most
I would compare mine to Azarenka, but i usually put tospin on it, flat, or rarely slice. Interestingly is not easily attacked, but many double faults. My motion changes a lot. It used to look like Hingis's,Safina and then Venus.
Mine is a bit like Sharapova pre-2013, more consistent with some good speed on good days, whilst vulnerable and abysmal on bad days where i tend to double fault a lot.
I would say that my first serve is very good and is my biggest weapon. Pretty consistent on a good day. However, my second serve sucks i just get it in with backspin (i like to believe the backspin makes my 2nd serve "tricky") :lol:
My serve was actually the worst in my club 3 weeks ago and my coach just kept telling me i was holding my wrist wrong but i got this wrist support called the eaziace and now he said i have on of the best serves in the club im so happy with myself
Can hit flat serves down the middle on the deuce court, sometimes on the AD as well but to a lesser extent. Second serve is reliable but ridiculously slow with no variation. Can only hit a serve out wide if I mis-hit the ball
It's pretty awful. Very very flat, second serve tends to either lead to tons of double faults or get killed. It has days that it's a weapon but more often it's a liability. I once broke a rib serving (yes really) and I have back problems, so form has been beyond awful for years, trying to get it back to normal.
Same here, especially in a close match when my nerves get the best of me My best serve is defo down the T with a slight curve when it's done to perfection, which doesn't happen often :lol:
Haahahah my first and second serves are like average probably sub average according to my coach, I can place them well but Im still working on the power technique fastest serve I've hit is probably 145-150km/h (90-93 mph), and my second serve around 85-90km/h (50-55 mph). So I think its okay considering my age.
My first serve is so hard and potent it makes all women within a 100m radius pregnant. Flattens out nicely, or with a little bit of slice curls away from the righthander's BH or jams the body.
My second serve has improved significantly in the last couple of years. Used to just be lefty slice, canopener in the ad court, but I've developed a nice kicker to mix it up.
I serve and volley a lot and I rarely get broken. Shame my returning game is so pants.
Good speed for a recreational player. Maybe 170? I have a slice serve and am working on developing a better topspin... The whole thing is very erratic though
My first serve floats around the 85-90 mph range . My second serve is literally just about the same, I'm a little short so it's hard for me to add power.
My placement is good though, I can hit every spot in the box from either side and that's the main reason why I survive my games lol. Horrible speed, excellent placement. I wish I had it easy like Serena and could just get aces, I average like 1 every 20 sets :haha:
my weakest "shot"
i have no clue, there is always something wrong, it starts with a ivanovic like ball throw
then the timing is totally shitty etc. etc.
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