The serve is the opening weapon of tennis. It's putting the ball in play. The old idea was that serving should be nothing more than the start of a career. With the rise of American tennis and the emergence of Dwight Davis and Holcomb Ward, service took on new importance. These two men grew up in what is now known as the American Twist delivery.
From a simple formality, the service has become a winning point. Slowly he rose to prominence, until Maurice E. Loughlin, the groovy "California Comet" swept across the tennis skies with his first big cannonball deliveries that revolutionized the game, forcing the old school players to urgently call a plummeting rule or some way to stop the threat of destroying all ground strokes. M'Loughlin made serving a big factor in the game. stayed on t. n.m. Williams aims to provide the antidote that puts the service back into normal mode of pure importance, not omnipotence. Williams held onto the delivery and took it on the rise.
Service should be fast. However, speed is not the be all and end all. The service must be precise, reliable and diversified. It should be used with caution and presented with brains.
Any taller player has an advantage over a smaller serving player. Given a man of about 6 feet and allowing the extra three feet by its reach, it has been proven by tests that it should serve, perfectly flat, without any variation caused by twisting or wind, which comes from clear the net from its lowest point (3 feet in the center), there is only an 8-inch margin of service court in which the ball can fall; The rest is under the net corner. So, it's easy to see how important it is to use twist form to get the ball down the court. Not only does he have to go to court, but he has to be fast enough that the catcher has no chance of an easy kill. He must also be positioned to give the advantage to the server on his next return, recognizing that the receiver puts the ball in play.
Just as the first law of receiving is to put the ball in play, so is the fault of the receiver. Don't wastefully try to get clean aces, but use your serve to disrupt your opponent's ground strokes.
The serve must come from the highest point that the server can easily reach. Unnecessary stretching is server wear and unproductive for results. Varied Speed Varied speed is the main key to a good serve.
The sliding serve should be hit from a point above the right shoulder and as high as possible. The server should stand approximately 45 degrees from the baseline with both feet firmly planted on the floor. Rest the weight on the right foot and spin the racquet freely and easily behind your back. Launch the ball high enough in the air to ensure it goes through the desired sweet spot, then begin a slow forward weight shift, while increasing the force of the forward swing as the club begins its upward flight towards the ball. Just as the ball meets the face of the racquet, the weight must be pushed forward and crush all the force of the swing on the serve. Let the ball hit the racquet inside the face of the strings, with the racquet traveling straight down the court. The angle of the racquet face will provide the twist needed to bring the ball down the court. The wrist should be somewhat flexible in service. If necessary, raise the right foot and swing the whole body with the arm forward. Twist slightly to the right, using the left foot as the pivot. The general line of the club swing is right to left and always forward.
At this point and before I get to the other branches of the service, let me warn you not to stomp your feet. I can only say that a kick crosses or touches the line with either foot before the ball is thrown, or whether it is a jump or a step. I'm not going to get into a technical discussion about fingerprints. It is unnecessary, and by placing the feet firmly in front of the serve, there is no need for the foot to drop.
It's as unfair to deliberately kick the foot as it is to misunderstand the ball, and it's totally unnecessary. The average foot error is due to negligence, excessive worry, or ignorance of the rule. All players are occasional offenders, but that can be broken down quickly.