How can I improve my overhand serve?
597864
first off, start at the service line, and throw the ball with your dominant hand over the net. if you can do that, you can overhand serve. start with the most important part, if you are right handed hold the ball in front of you with your left hand and your right foot in front. The action for tossing sequence should go like this, toss, step hit. Toss the ball, step with your left foot in front and hit it. If you were to toss, step and then let it drop, it should land beside your left foot, in front of your right foot and in line with your right shoulder. The toss should be about arms reach high. Practice letting it drop in that spot about 200 times a day. Your contact should be when you hit the ball when your arm is the highest in the air. Keep your fingers stiff and straight, and let your arm follow through to your hip without it bending much. If it goes too high, try to contact the ball in the middle more instead of underneath, if it drops and doesn't make it over, contact the bottom of the ball. Good luck with your serve!
610695
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1176206
I would say that if you are still learning your overhand serve, then you will want to perfect that before trying to hit the "line drive" serve. Being a good server doesnt mean hitting it hard to your opponent, but being able to serve to your opponents weakest spot. Study your opponent when your team serves, find their weak link, and exploit it by hitting that mark when you serve.  Once you have perfected that the "line drive" serve will be easy.  Its a matter of force, once you know how to control the amount of force you have on the ball you will just be able to do it, and the practice from your basic overhand serve will help you control it.
543207
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! :)
295941
OK, i'll make this brief and easy to read.\n\nI used to be in the same situation, I'll hit really well with my friends outside of school and at practice but when it comes time for a tournament I choke, even when my opponent sucks.\n\nHeres what you do:\n\n1) go to your happy place, utopia, no matter where i be\n2) dont rush your serve take your time, and look them in the eye before you serve (stops them from moving)\n3) show NO emotion, and be calm, you wan't to make sure that he knows you have somethin up your sleeve and your not upset you missed the point\n4) STAY CALM, think clear and use your adrenaline as a benefit\n5)Focus on CONSISTENCY and making sure you hit it back to him everytime, and don't hit winners on all your shots...\n\nmost important......\n\nREMAIN CALM
364823
i know how hard it is to be short and play vball. i'm 5'4" and i've ALWAYS been a DS or libero. really work on your serve and quick feet. i spent a whole summer just perfecting all my serves (jump, floater, top spin, EVERYTHING) because i'm usually a DS so i always serve. my coaches always trust me when it comes to serving and if it's an important serve, they trust me to take it because they're confident in me. i served 97.2% on my last season. also, footwork and ALWAYS being low helps. if you're fast and you can get to any ball, they'll definitely think more of you. just keep working hard and work on rolls/dives too! and getting off the floor REALLY quickly. \ntheres a drill where you lay on the ground and someone slams the ball against the ground, making it bounce back up, and as soon as the ball contacts the floor, you get up as fast as you can, get to the ball and pass to a target.then right where you ended up, you get back on the ground and do it over and over and over. i LOVE that drill.
1007805
Rest your elbow. Take NSAIDs (like Ibuprofen). Warm up and strech before you play, wrap it while playing. Ice it afterwards. Repeat. Try playing for a while with your non-dominant hand for awhile.
461066
Make sure your feet are pointing in the right direction first of all... keep your shoulders pointing towards where you want to serve it.  Then you have to make sure your serving grip is right, otherwise you will just push the ball over.  Once you figure that out, count off two slow counts (1....2....)and at 2 you should be at the top of your swing going on your way down behind your head.  On 3 you should have already started to swing up from behind your head.  Pronate your wrist at the top of your swing, and follow through over the front of your body.  Also a lot of practice on the ball toss is always usefull.  You can figure out different types of spins and change the speed depending a lot on the toss, and how you follow through.
621020
First you must practice the ball toss. Before even using your racquet, just throw the ball up at about 1 o'clock in front of you. Make sure the toss is high and accurate and u point to it the whole time, with ur other hand held behind your head. \n    After doing this for a while, now take the hand that was behind your head and try and follow through and catch the ball.  \n    After doing this for a while, now pick up your racquet.\nGo against a high fence or wall and once again begin throwing the ball up while pointing to it. Try and follow through with your racquet and catch the ball againts this high fence or wall.\n    Now you are ready to start serving on the court. Use these same forms that you used practing the ball toss. Make sure you are following through every time and the face of your racquet is pointing at the box you are serving to. Practice serves from each side of the court. Hit them slow and steady for now, just making sure they get in for the next couple months.\n**Grip--- In order to get the correct grip, turn your racquet on its side so that the non-string side is facing up. Put your hand on the racquet so that it is directly in between your thumb and pointer finger. It may feel wierd for the first couple days but eventually you will get used to it, and it is the only effective way to hit a powerful or slice serve later on when you get good at serving.\n\nGOOD LUCK, These things all worked for me and now I'm one of the best servers on my school tennis team.
229420
like they said earlier, bend your knees a heck of a lot. but, you will need to hit the ball in front of your body because if you hit it close, you are going to mis-hit it or flail it long. try setting up two wooden poles along the sides of the net and then set a string about 2-3 feet above the net connected to the poles. get a ball machine or have somebody feed you a lot of balls and just practice hitting it through that "window" that it creates and adjust as necessary. if you are hitting the ball over the string every time, aim lower and don't go low to high on your swing as much. if you are hitting the ball in the net, check the angle of your racket face when you hit and bend your knees more to get below the ball. if you are hitting them long, come over the ball a bit more to get more topspin or just don't hit the ball so hard. all it takes is a hitting of a lot of tennis balls and after you finally find your comfort zone in hitting low, hard balls over the net, you will be one heck of a good tennis player.\n\np.s. hitting the ball low and hard over the net is not advised. it is a very high-risk shot. however it might have a great feel to it and you will have awesome winners, unless you are really good at it, it will probably not win you many matches with tough players that can get it back. but it is always fun to hit and is a great approach shot for coming in and taking volleys.
243231
Pick two or three spots on the floor, and practice from only those spots... when you're learning a shot like this, it's not necessary to be able to shoot it from everywhere on the court.. just one spot on each side of the lane and one spot IN the lane...\n\nAlso, you should practice shooting both left and right handed hook shots..once you master the shot with either hand, NO ONE will be able to guard you!  Good Luck!
1029980
To get better you need to practice by your self everyday . You need to hit balls at least 2 to 3 hours every day. Do the L shape practice on the corners. Do the circle practice in the center of the table with out the cue ball leaving the circle.To give you a standard of what your up against. I played this guy nine ball. He ran 10 racks of nine ball on me. When I finally got a shot it was a  hard bank shot and missed then he ran 20 more racks of nine ball on me. These guy are out there. And hes not the best . Hope that helps
1117498
Make sure you don't use your wrists.  Practice.  Learn the feel and how far to take the club back for different distances.  That takes hours of practice.  \n\nPGA Director of Instruction Rick Martino explains how you can become a confident, more successful putter with some easy drills.\nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/tips/rickmartino/improve_martino011706.cfm\n\nHere are some putting basics \nhttp://www.pga.com/improve/tips/shortgame/improve_beck110904.cfm
544407
Ha ha! My greatest weakness in tennis is serving too! I suggest to keep on practicing. I practiced that for a few weeks and became steadily better. The correct way is to:\n1. Hold you racket and tennis ball, racket in your "writing" hand and tennis ball in the other,\n2. Swing your racket half a circle back, with a lot of power, and\n3. Quickly through your tennis ball in the air.\n\nYour swing with the racket should give you power. By the time you're done with the swing, you should instantly throw the tennis ball in the air. Thsi gives the serve more power form the swing. If you swing your racket and then throw the tennis ball in the air too late, your power from the swing will be gone and it will be a useless gesture. Hope that helps!
379883
Do whatever you have to do to stretch the muscles in your back--upper and lower. Stretch the muscles in your left arm (if you play right-handed) too (very important). If your hands (fingers) ache, then stay hydrated and take Advil before and/or after your round or practice routine. Individually wrap the base of your first three fingers of your dominant hand (and index finger of the other hand) in some sort of foam tape before heavy practice. Plus, use a glove.\n\nThere were times when my hands would ache terribly the morning following my usual iron practice. It wasn't from the bleeding, it was the joints of my middle fingers that would hurt so bad. Fluids and Advil was found to take the pain away so I could practice again.
1153845
Here's the lowdown on serving up a floater.  First of all you have to have some serious power behind your serves.  You need to already be able to control where it lands.  Once that's all established, then you need to concentrate on hitting the ball without SPIN.  You'll need the coach to spend some time watching you to let you know what needs adjusted.  A lot of people tend to put backspin on their serves.  A good coach will be able to watch you and work out adjustments accordingly.  You may need to adjust the angle of your wrist or the angle of your body when you make contact with the ball.  You may also need to work on the amount of turn your body makes as you serve.
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when you are setup keep your chin up and feet together.  Then after you swing keep your arms strong and straight.  Then watch your hands hit the floor. Then suck in your stomach and whip your feet down.  \n\n-if you are undercutting(your hands are hitting where your feet began) you need to SIT more!!!!! that is a big problem alot of girls have!...who ever said this isnt true is a LIAR!  Just because they are tumbler doesn't mean they know how to teach it!  I know from personal expierence this is one of the main things that I have to correct all the time.  Just try it you'll see!