I play but not very much and I can't overhand serve yet.
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It depends on how competitive your school is. It wasn't hard for me to get onto the team, but I have a very strong background. If you can't overhand serve,  you probably won't get on the team- - no offence. But, once again, this depends on your league, your competition, ect. You could probably get on a JV or Freshman team, but most varcity teams require you serve overhand- - at least they do where I live.
512348
Wow i feel the same exact way as you! My mom says i can but she never actaully called or anything. But i cant do a backhandspring lol, buts thats the reason i want to join.
55717
The advice you got may have been well-intended, but reaching too far is not going to help you a bit! First, your grip largely determines whether you need to hit the ball more to the front (western semi-western at the extreme) or to the rear (continental most extreme). Assuming you have an eastern or semi-western grip (most commonly taught by teaching pros), you really just need to hit the ball in a position that keeps your arm-torso relationship strong. If you reach out too much, you lose the power of your torso, and it becomes an arm shot.\nLook at Agassi, Federer, and the rest of the pros. Their racket is laid back and they rotate their torso ahead of their arm and racket. So the force is created by the rotation of the body more than by the arm acting independently.\nThe key is to stay in balance, and if you are trying to reach out in front too far, you will lose your balance as well as the integrity of the stroke.\nI urge you to look at the pros in slow-motion. Check the resouce below which gives you multiple clips of most of the pros, from every angle.
641616
When you throw the ball up for the serve make sure that when you make contact with the ball your arm is fully extended. Then when you can do that add a power by bending your wrist. That will add power and help control.
560517
ok u have to cocertrate on ur serve and u will practice it dalily. in know this coz i have practised a lot i am a tennis player and i play for INDIA
39995
I would play it like you'd play a 4 iron, and try to sweep it off the turf, don't hit down on it like you would an iron. Play it more like a 3 or 5 wood. \n\nAs far as it looking closed.....your hands should be about even with the ball....so if it looks closed with your hands in that position....you might be heading for a trade in!!!!
591715
You are in 10 th and you can't spell simple words ?\n\nOh well, better make it on playing tennis.
74600
Athletic ability that I don't have.
106052
Around the time when you feel extremely comfortable with your basic underhand "granny" serve and you feel like you are ready to try something else. So basically, you would still have your underhand serve in games while working on your overhand one. Also, it makes a big differencec. The overhand as faster speeds at a more horizontal angle, forcing your opponents to bump the ball with less confidence, messing up the set, with eventually causes a bad spike. An underhand one just basically gives your opponent enough time to get under the ball and pass it for a set, then a killer spike. Learn the overhand as fast as you can.
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I started playing a little bit around fifth grade, but this year I'm taking the class in high school and I'm on the school team. It's really fun and rewarding... Ever since I started playing more this year, I've gotten a lot more excercise and made a lot more friends! I especially like how it's not a contact sport. And you can play singles or doubles. I like doubles, but only if I like my doubles partner :)
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The best thing I would say to do to fix your problem would be to keep your hands tight.  By letting your hands be lax and further apart, you are more likely to have a miss-set.  Try to fix the bad habit now.\n   You may also want to make sure you are squaring up.  Open up to your passers and use proper footwork to get your hips around the ball.  To get used to swinging your hips around, do a lot of reps.  I use orange cones placed at 12:00, 10:00, 9:00, and even 7:00.  The cones should be about 5 to 10 feet off of the net.  Use a push, drive, slant technique.  With enough reps, it will become easier to you.\n   Hope this helps.
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A decent-one but not a major-one (beside going to tournament).
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Depends on your style of play. Usually arm/bicep, upper & lower leg, abs, and sometimes chest. \n\nYou don't want to get too musculine b/c if your muscle mass is too large, your relative movement gets slower. Also, you don't need a large amount of muscles to hit groundstrokes/serves hard because a lot of the power from a player comes from the timings of a shot. But its always nice to develop muscles to enhance the power of your groundstrokes/serves
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The first thing you need to understand about a jump serve is that you are not doing your max jump, and that jump serves and hitting are very different.  There are 2 kinds of jump serves a spin serve that is effective by its speed and sudden drop...or the float serve which is effective by its floating ability and difficulty to pass.  Both are good serves if done well.  If either one is mediocre, it becomes an incredibly easy ball to pass.  \n\nFor a spin serve you should try tossing as you start to take your first step.  The toss needs to be high but only about 3-4 metres in the air.  Your swing needs to be HIGH and do NOT follow through with your WRIST.  You need to drop the non hitting shoulder to get max height.  GOOD LUCK!
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I have coached tennis at the highscool level, college level, private club players etc.  I have even taught a group of 4 which consisted of a 12 year old boy, a 17 year old girl, her 42 year old mother, and a 65 year old man.  Now that is about as diverse a group you can get, but they were all relatively close in skill level.  The most important thing above all else, #1 on the priority list...i think you get the idea, is that you are receiving quality instruction!  That you are being taught the correct way.  You need to talk to experienced players and learn as much as you can as far as what grip to use for each stroke, how to impart spin on your strokes, how to follow through with your stroke to make your shot fluid and add depth to your shot.  How to properly position yourself in lining up for your shot.  Proper footwork from the ready position, split step, moving effieciently on the balls of your feet, making a full shoulder turn, stepping into the shot, moving forward through the stroke, and completing the follow through.  A lot of this will become second nature after you practice the techniques and form good habits but this is learned at a little more advanced stage.  I am sometimes asked to do clinics where I teach these fundamentals to players early in their development.  I even do volunteer clinics, if you live in the Northern CA area, or if you have a specific question that you would like answered, feel free to ask me, I sometimes take a few days to get back to you because I am away for awhile.  If you are looking for an answer as to what group you should be in, ask yourself which group will be best for my development as a player, and will I be able to give a full effort out there.
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I can sympathize. I am 5'6" and had a great serve. I've played in various leagues and over 11 years (about 60 leagues) won about ten championships with a teammate who was only 5'2". Don't be discouraged, there are plenty of places to play. One of my regrets was that I rediscovered the game at 33 yrs old. What you may have to do is play pick up games at a gym first, find where the leagues are and put a team together with the people you like at the gym. If you are ever a captain of a team, only pick people you like playing with.
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well if you serve underhand, you should try curls. for an overhand or power serve you just have to do it alot. that will help you build the strength. to keep the ball out of the net try hitting the ball sooner. when its higher (for over hand) same for underhand too. its really depends on your release point. and if you serve with a closed fist make sure you make a totally flat contact with the ball. if you dont and you hit it with the side of edge of your fist it will go out of bounds. Good Luck!! keep practicing! :)