Friday, August 8, 2025

What serve do you want

 Practicing some serves. Not really getting the ball high enough or into the court enough to put them in consistently. The problem was trying to hit flat when I should’ve been more focused on hitting slice. Recreational players like myself are still trying to swing toward the target instead of away from the target to create spin. Once I can remember to spin the ball, I become more consistent, slicing it rather than hitting flat.

I was hitting slices and not really conscious of having made a decision to do that. When I began hitting flat, I started missing long and into the net—again I had made no conscious decision—balls were flying in a flat trajectory. I have to  decide whether to flat kick or slice and where in the service box. It isn’t enough to hope the ball goes into a 13.5’x21’ rectangle—I have reached a level where that is actually possible. 

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