Serving is the beginning of the game and a very important link in tactics. The following are the basic technical points of tennis service that I have compiled for you, hoping to help you!

Basic technical points of tennis serve

First, the grip: generally choose the European grip.

Second, holding the ball: generally, when holding the ball, hold the ball with your fingers and palms; When holding two balls, hold the upper ball with your thumb, forefinger and middle finger, and hold the lower ball with your ring finger and little finger.

Third, the preparation posture: Stand with your feet shoulder width, with your center of gravity on your front foot, holding the racket in one hand and holding the ball in the other hand to hold the neck stably. The front foot points to the square net post, and the back foot is parallel to the baseline.

Fourth, the center of gravity moves backward and pulls back to throw the ball: as the center of gravity moves forward-backward-forward, the hands also move in an arc from bottom to top. It is required that the movement should be continuous, the throwing ball should be stable, and it should be thrown above a straight line along the edge.

5. Keep your eyes on the ball: In other words, when throwing and hitting the ball, you must make sure your eyes are on the ball, and you may even see the number symbols on the ball clearly.

6. Up-front-down hitting: When hitting the ball, the position of the racket is in the upper right corner of the body, the elbow of the arm is slightly flexed, the body is completely straight, the center of gravity is on the front foot, and the sole surface of the back foot is facing the back net. In the process of touching the ball, we should pay attention to the three movements of the racket face up-forward-down.

Analysis of tennis serve technique;

When you are calm and impulsive, it is difficult to serve well. The usual practice is to take a few deep breaths in the service position, then pat the ball, and then stand up to prepare for the service. Everyone's habits are different, so the methods of stabilizing emotions are different, but it is best not to omit this link and try to continue the preparatory action.

B. oriental backhand or continental grip. Many tennis beginners like to serve with the forehand grip of the east racket, which may be the "sequela" left by the baseline stroke. The preliminary test shows that if you use this grip in the right area and serve with normal action, the ball will tend to tilt to the outside corner after hitting the ball, because naturally the racket face formed by the wrist is such an angle. If you want to tilt the racket face inward, you must turn your wrist inward, which is not only quite embarrassing but also easy to hurt your wrist. Therefore, if possible, it is best not to serve with the oriental forehand grip.

As we all know, the service should be played in the diagonal service area. If the server stands in the right area of singles, the ball should fall into the opposite A area, and if he stands in the left area, the ball should fall into the opposite B area. The angles C and D near the service line are generally called internal angles, and the angles E and F near the sideline are correspondingly called external angles. Before serving, the player should budget the direction, landing point, rotation and speed of the ball in advance. Blind service is undoubtedly a good opportunity to take the initiative. In the specific preparation before serving, the feet naturally stand apart, and the connection line between the feet can be perpendicular to the bottom line according to the habits of the players, or can be kept at another suitable angle; Lean forward naturally; It is best to hold only one ball. The ball naturally falls on the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the ball holder, and the ring finger and little finger naturally bend to the back of the ball. Don't hold or pinch the ball in your hand. On the cooperation of rackets. Many beginners like to pick up the ball and racket, and immediately start throwing the ball and swinging the ball after reaching the service position, as if the ball and racket are two unrelated things, which is obviously very hasty, and it is best to change it. The combination of rackets can not only give players a prompt to concentrate and tell themselves "I'm going to serve", but also be a continuation of stabilizing mood and sorting out ideas. Beginners should form this habit.

Throwing ball

After the preparation is stable, the trend is to throw and swing the ball. Whether these two links can cooperate well is the key to serve well, and the quality of throwing the ball is the key. Throwing a ball with a proper position and smooth hand is equivalent to creating a stable condition for swinging and hitting the ball. On the contrary, it is equivalent to creating a turbulent external environment for a series of links behind. Few people, especially beginners, can serve with good quality and quantity under erratic throwing, so the first step in learning to serve is to learn to throw and practice first.

1. Throwing method: On the basis of preparation, the elbow of the ball holder is gradually straightened and approaches the ipsilateral thigh of the ball holder downward, and then the ball is thrown from the leg side from bottom to top. During the whole exercise, keep your arms straight, with the trend perpendicular to the ground and palms up. Hold the ball smoothly with your thumb, forefinger and middle finger, and try to avoid unnecessary hand movements such as hooking your fingers and swinging your wrist, so as not to affect the smooth trend of the ball. The less the ball spins in the air, the better. The best place to get rid of the ball is the highest point of the palm. Getting rid of it too early is easy to make the ball spin or shake in the air, and getting rid of it too late will make the ball "go to the back of the head" and lose control. The three fingers holding the ball have been extended to the maximum extent when released. The ball is not "thrown" into the air but "thrown" into the air. Beginners should experience it more.

2. The position of the ball in the air after release: According to different needs, the position of the ball in the air relative to the body is different after release. Generally speaking, the first serve emphasizes the speed and attack power of the ball, and the hitting point is in front, so the ball is also thrown in front. The second serve is more conservative. On the premise of ensuring the success rate, emphasize the rotation of the ball and control the landing point of the ball, and the hitting point will move backwards accordingly. Therefore, the ball will naturally be thrown backwards, which is basically consistent with the longitudinal axis of the body when the back is arched. The position of throwing the ball can also be determined by referring to the position of the ball relative to the front foot after landing. Generally speaking, after the first serve, the ball should land on the position of a racket head in front of the forefoot.

3. The height of throwing the ball: Of course, the height of throwing the ball into the air cannot be lower than the height of the hitting point, but how high it is depends on personal circumstances, because this height limits the time required for swinging and hitting the ball. From preparation posture to pitching, the center of gravity of the body also has a process of leaning backward and then moving forward and forward. At the same time, the front top of the hip and the back of the waist are in the shape of "back bow", and then the back bow bounces up and hits the ball hard. We will discuss this in detail below. Friends who have just started to learn to serve will definitely face the problem of always throwing unstable balls. It doesn't matter. Throw it again is the best way to solve the problem. Because the stability of throwing the ball is based on a certain touch, it is generally best to spend some time practicing throwing the ball before learning the serve action, and pay attention to the essentials in the actual serve practice in the future. If you don't throw well occasionally, grab a heavy shot and don't force the serve, otherwise it will easily destroy the hard-earned action.

Swing and hit the ball

Swing while throwing the ball. The links of swinging and hitting the ball include:

After 1.? Racket: Turn to the side holding the clapper based on the preparation posture, and hold the clapper at the same time to guide the racket close to the body. There is no need to put the racket behind your body like a pendulum. But the palm must face the body. One throw, the ball is in front, the other throw, the ball is in the back.

2. Back bow action: behind the racket? After reaching a certain height, the height varies with people's habits. At the very least, the arm should not be tightly clamped to one side of the body. With the elbow as the axis, the forearm, hand and racket head hang down to the back of the body in turn, and at the same time, the knees bend, and the back of the body develops in a "bow" shape.

3. Hit the ball: On the basis of knee bending and back bow movement, kick the ankle and knee in turn from bottom to top, rebound the back bow and turn out of the ball port. At the same time, swing the racket head to the hitting point with the elbow as the axis, and finally hit the ball thrown in the air at the breakpoint of force. The power is exerted from bottom to top in one go, during which the speed is controlled by individuals, and different habits and qualities have different speeds, but the common point is that the fastest and most explosive point of the racket should be at the moment of reaching the hitting point. When hitting the ball point, the body has all faced out of the ball, and the racket face is naturally slightly inward to hit the back of the ball and send out a side topspin or a side spin ball.

4. Scratching the back: There is a process of guiding the forearm to hang the racket backwards at the elbow, and then driving the arm to swing the racket to the hitting point with the elbow as the axis. This process seems to be scratching the back with the racket head, so it is called "scratching the back". Its purpose is to get enough swing speed when holding the racket, and to be fully prepared for the instantaneous power explosion when reaching the hitting point. Whether the back scratching action is completed in place depends on whether the hands and arms are fully relaxed when scratching the back. If this action is done under the condition that the hands and arms are very stiff, the player will feel that the elasticity of his whole body is destroyed when he reaches the hitting point, and it is reasonable not to contribute. After some tossing, the ball landed at the position of a racket head in front of the front foot.

5. Location of the hitting point: The highest point a player can win in the air with a racket is the hitting point. Of course, it is an idealized statement to bend your knees, hunch your back, push the ground and signal your strength, because the hitting point should change back and forth according to the different needs of the first serve and the second serve, but "strive for a high point" is the most basic principle in choosing the hitting point. With the "high score system", we can not only make the action to the maximum extent, but also have obvious advantages in controlling the path and landing point of the ball and exerting pressure on the ball. There is also a little information about the hitting point. 0m is the distance between the service line and the net, 0.9 14m is the center height of the net, and 1 1.885m is the distance between the bottom line and the net. Many friends want their serve to be extremely powerful, so when hitting the ball, they will unconsciously want to cross the net hard, and the ingredients of flat hitting are invisible. If you want to hit the ball flat across the net and make it fall into the service court, the height of the hitting point must be at least 2.74 meters, which means that the height of the batter must be at least 1.80 meters. Perhaps many friends can have this height, but when it is mixed with technical elements, it is difficult to truly reflect this height in serving. Therefore, it is better for the server not to pay too much attention to the flat shot, but to add more side spins and topspin balls, because this can make the ball take an arc trajectory, use the height of the arc top to achieve the goal of crossing the net, and then use the remaining half of the arc to achieve the goal of making the ball fall into the service area, which can greatly improve the success rate of serving.

Although the swing action has been completed when hitting the ball, the whole service process is still going on. After reaching the hitting point, the player should do belly-in, shoulder-turning and racket-holding actions according to the inertia of his body and swing. Finally, the racket will be driven to the opposite side of the body holding the racket by the big arm, ending the serve. This process is called follow-up, that is, follow-up with the ball, which is similar to bottom line follow-up. Many beginners are used to putting the racket on the same side of their hands, which not only violates the inertia of power and turn, but also makes it easy for the batter to hit the racket head on the calf bone, thus causing pain. The hand that doesn't hold the racket should not immediately put down or tightly hold the physical examination after delivering the ball, but should help the body to master the balance and grasp the racket at the end of the swing.