Reverse pendulum serve in doubles

Serving

Abhinav Upadhyay
Abhinav Upadhyay Asked 11 years ago

Hi,

I am finally starting to get spin and speed on my reverse pendulum serve, it is funny that suddenly I was trying this serve after 2 weeks and it started to work out of the blue :)

Now, I am planning to use it in matches. We tend to play a lot of doubles matches. As I am a left handed player, I think it will be difficult for me to use reverse pendulum serve and get the ball cross court. Any advice that I can use?

As an aside, it feels that the reverse pendulum requires a lot of wrist work, I think I sprained my wrist :(


Alois Rosario
Member Badge Alois Rosario Answered 11 years ago

Hi Abhinav,

To get the ball across for the doubles serve just change the angle of your feet slightly.  It will just take a little bit of practice.

You do need to be careful of your body when you are doing something new repetitively.  Maybe take a rest from it for a few days and make sure your wrist recovers properly.


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