Do I have something here? I want to convert people from the frying pan serve to a continental grip serve. When people serve frying pan style, they face the net and the strings face the net. When we serve continental grip style, the strings still face the net, but we face the net post. The arm makes the same motion, but it’s just in a different direction.— frying pan serve: toward the target. Continental grip serve: toward the net post.
How do you convince people that they don’t need to see the target or have it in front of them to serve the ball? Do we use the allure of spin and its possibilities? How do I prove that? Must I find somebody who can hit a frying pan serve reliably and have a serving competition with him/her?
Perhaps the serve is just badly taught. Instead of working sequentially from the ready position, we could teach backwards from ball contact and slowly add the preceding pieces. Right handers will stand in the doubles lane, 3 feet from the net, by the right net post and facing the net. They will swing toward the net and strike the ball using a continental grip with the strings facing the deuce service court. The next step: have them add power to the ball.
Next: move away from the net about 6-7 feet and repeat. Have them make a mental note of where the ball is in space when they hit the ball best.
I sometimes see: people facing the court, but using a continental grip to serve. They’re convinced that they’re trying to serve “properly”.
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