The Importance of Having a Good Serve

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Courtesy of JOOLA USA

Written by Nan Li

Having a great serve is probably one of the most important assets to have in this game. In my opinion, it is more important than having a good forehand loop, backhand smash, all around counter drive, etc. Having an effective serve means it is one of the easiest ways to end and win a point. A hard to read serve could be the perfect set up for your next shot or even kill. A serve that is tricky and unpredictable can bring you that easy win of an ace during that deuce of the 7th game. With the new service rules of no hiding of the ball, it makes it even more difficult to generate a serve that “fools your opponent.” This only means that more work and time needs to be spent on mastering your serves. For the young kids that are aiming to become a top player, it is even more critical that time is spent practicing serves. I cannot stress enough of the importance of having a great serve!

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by Joseph on 7/24/2007 8:48:00 PM

I am not sure how to determine what is a great serve. Maybe that's because I was never a good returner of serves. I have always felt that trying to rely on deception in service will ultimately lead to weaknesess in one's game in other aspects. I would say a player is a great server when he or she has a complete repetoir of services, meaning the player is capable of producing side spins(both directions), top spins, underspins hopefully from both backhand and forehand in varying rates of rotation and combinations of in direction of rotation and can discern how to use those serves in combination against opponents. In my opinion it is the combination of serves and familiarity with how to use your serves to set up succeeding shots that makes a great server

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