Ever have one of those days when you wanted to hit some balls but no one's schedule seemed to fit yours? Instead of jumping on the treadmill or worse yet inducing a Doritos coma how about practicing serves? Serves are a neglected aspect of our game. Usually, in a typical practice we save serves for the last ten minutes. In those last ten minutes our brain is are already focused on our next activity . So serving doesn't always get the attention that it warrants. Hence, a practice solely devoted to serving is beneficial. Here are some pointers to maximize your serving practice. (1) make sure that you add cardio activity into the mix. Place the hopper against the fence and sprint from the hopper to the baseline every time you serve. (2) Have a definite focus of the practice. For instance you could work on placement. Serve to a different place each time, out wide, then into the body, then down the tee, then repeat the sequence. (3) Always try to mimic reality of games when practicing. If you miss a serve, serve that same serve as a second serve. (4) If you miss the serve, try to ascertain what the nature of your error was and the make the correction before hitting another serve. For example, if you didn't snap your wrist, make a wrist snap before you hit that next serve. If you didn't toss the ball high enough, toss the ball before executing a serve. (5) Conduct a general accounting or your serve percentages and number of double faults. Are you improving on these statistics after each hopper of balls is completed?
If you follow these guidelines when engaging in a service practice, you should be able to acquire a better serve and thus add a smoldering serve to your arsenal.
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