Jan Ove Waldner Serve

Jonathan Mr. Asked 12 years ago

How Do You Successfully Recreate Jan Ove Waldner's Serve. I found him to be an idol in my uprising in becoming a successful player. I was always left with questions watching him play and would like to ask you how to do it.

Thanks Coach,

Jonathan

Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago

Hi Jonathan,

I wish I could replicate them too.

He does a lot of different things with his serves.  Which of his serves do you like in particular.

I like his Pendulum serve with the fake follow through where he throws his elbow forward.  To do this the main thing is to make the serve first and then do the follow through.  You still need to get a good contact to generate spin.  The follow through just gives your opponent a different picture of the serve and makes it a little more difficult to deal with.