Loosen Your Grip For a Smoother Serve

There are many ways to hit the ball, and many ways to play this game. But as regards swinging the racquet - some players appear flat and graceful, others muscular and cramped. As often as not the discrepancy between a flat or muscular stroke may legitimately start at the hand - and specifically how tight or loose you grip the racquet.

As you read this article, place your palms down in front of you on the table or flat surface. Your last three fingers are your gripping fingers, aligned with the ulna in your forearm. Your thumb and forefinger, aligned with the radius in your forearm, have much less gripping strength. Children can do pull-ups using only their gripping fingers. And if you are comfortable with evolution, monkeys used their gripping fingers to swing from the vines, and their thumb and forefinger to eat their bananas. If you want to stiffen your grip, on forehand for example, emphasize your gripping fingers. If you want to loosen your grip, on the serve for example, release your gripping fingers and emphasize your thumb and forefinger.

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Backtracking slightly, Tom Stow (world famed coach of American Grand Slam Champion Don Budge - testing your history here) wanted us to only emulate the absolute best examples in the game. Volley - copy Edberg. Two handed backhand - copy Agassi. Running forehand - copy Sampras. And so on. And when it comes to the serve, I believe (and I am pretty sure Tom would agree) there are legitimately only three models - Pancho Gonzalez, Pete Sampras, and Roger Federer. legitimately many of the professionals can crack the ball with velocity and accuracy - but this trio did all that and at the same time their assistance deliveries were flat and effortless.

That said, with the increased emphasis on strength training and conditioning, many arrival this game from the muscular side of the street. And though that does pay dividends in some areas of the ground game, truly muscling does petite to aid the serve. In fact, I think the modern abysmal serving doing of many of the foremost ladies at the Us Open reflects just that - over effortful, muscular double faults - by the bushel basket.

So how can you find this elusive "smoothness" in your assistance delivery? It all starts with the grip. The whip like delivery starts first and foremost with a very loose grip.

On court exercises. Loosen the fingers/One Two Three/Locate the Swish Point

Pancho Gonzalez sometimes removed his pinkie finger from the grip, and other times removed the pinkie and ring finger for a bigger hit. Loosening or weakening the grip relaxes the arm, promotes a more fluid delivery, and creates a whip like hit. However, loosening the fingers will only work when the motion flows without interruption.

Mimic an whole assistance motion from start to desist without the ball. Somewhat like a dress rehearsal, this exercise allows you to groove the serve, feel the legs, hips, torso, shoulders and arms, all without ever hitting the ball. Many times this exercise magnifies problems in balance or tempo.

Once you have the knack, begin a quiet counting of the beat. Find a musical tempo, where you can count one-two-three. More or less One - turn away from the net, Two - toss, Two and One Half-knee bend and racquet drop, and Three - turn and enlarge up and into the hit.

With practice, the tempo and three count becomes habitual.

Practicing again without the ball, swing with enough speed to furnish an audible swish. This should occur slightly to the right, slightly in front of you, and well above your head. The swish point locates the occasion of greatest racquet head speed, truly your "spot." Often students ask, "Where should I toss the ball?" This exercise will rejoinder that question. If the racquet swishes above and to your right, then toss to that spot.

Loosen Your Grip For a Smoother Serve

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