Tennis Instructor Said I Should Change My Serve Form…?
I am intermediate level, he is an older but very experienced tennis player. My serve has never been the best but I am usually able to full in an ace here and there, my second serve has topspin and its about 90% accuracy.
When I serve I have very little wind up in my arm. I am still able to bend my knees and spring up on the ball with power creating a little topspin. My tennis instructor told said it isn’t right and I should do a full wind up where my racket is all the way across my back. This is changing everything, I need to toss the ball later, bend my knees later, etc. and I can only hit my serves about 25% power when doing this and it feels really awkward.
Q- Is the full wind up necessary in creating a good serve, can I improve my serve if it has a much smaller wind up?
it works both ways man. i think the full wind up is better, more power, more spin, but do what you what. tennis is about having fun. though if your instructors pushing the full wind up, work with it. practice it. get your timing down and start spinning those serves in. i have noticed my small wind up serve is more accurate, but i hit full wind ups because once i get it down i believe it will be so much better. theres a reason pros use a full wind up. have fun playing tennis!
Well it depends on how much time you are willing to put into changing your serve. Right now, your serve is fine, and if you don’t have a lot of time to change it, then just stay where you are. However, I recommend changing your serve. In the beginning, your serve will most likely not be as accurate or a powerful, because it is so different. However, if you go and practice it a lot, it will start to become natural and not feel as weird. Then you will have an awesome serve! If you are willing to put time into it, and not just do a halfway job, then I would listen to your instructor. Besides, all of the pros have full wind up serves, for more power. Good luck!
A full wind up will be more advantageous when you get the timing and technique down. I mean, learn it, it will definitely help. Of course, if you found out about this recently, you’ve only hit a limited amount of full windup serves. This shot is just like every other shot. You don’t know how it works until you’ve worked with it for a long time. try it out in practice for a couple of sessions, see how it goes. If you feel that you are unable to transform it into a better stroke, then just work on what you do now later. there is no harm in trying.